Is income from graphic design that includes expressive images and musical pieces considered unlawful, and do drawn images fall under the category of forbidden images?
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Photographing living beings and musical pieces are forbidden, and the money earned through these means is unlawful. One must cease this work, repent from it, and dispose of the unlawful money by spending it on charitable causes. If the work is free from these forbidden elements, then it is permissible to continue with it. Fear Allah and be excellent in seeking, for what is with Allah can only be attained through His obedience, and whoever abandons something for Allah's sake, Allah will replace it with something better.
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