Is money earned from the profession of face painting for children at festivals and malls permissible or forbidden?
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There is no objection to earning a livelihood from the noble work mentioned if the worker adheres to the Sharia guidelines, which are: that it should not be accompanied by music, that drawings of living beings should not be made, and that the colors should not be harmful to children's skin. If the work is free from these things, then it is a rental for a permissible and intended benefit, which is to entertain children and bring joy to them, and this is permissible. Some scholars have mentioned the permissibility of renting a peacock for its color, a nightingale for its voice, and a garden for sightseeing.
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