How can the teaching of drawing, which includes drawing animate beings for Muslim students in schools in Islamic countries, be explained, and why does this act continue without the attention of officials to the severe prohibition of drawing animate beings, and what should be done about it?
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The matter pertains to the prohibition of drawing animate beings. As for learning the subject of drawing or art, it is not absolutely forbidden; rather, only drawing animate beings is prohibited within it. However, drawing inanimate objects such as mountains, trees, and natural landscapes is permissible. The consensus of schools and institutes on teaching the subject, despite its inherent violations, does not change the ruling or make the forbidden permissible. Rather, this is the case with many reprehensible acts that scholars denounce and warn against.
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