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Will the angels enter my room, knowing that pictures and statues are present in the rest of the house, but my room is free of them?

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If the images in the house are not disliked to be kept, then they do not prevent the entry of angels. This is indicated by the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) tore down a curtain that had images on it, and Aisha then made it into one or two cushions. This hadith has been used as evidence for the permissibility of having images that do not cast a shadow (i.e., are not three-dimensional statues) and that are used in a way that renders them non-venerated. Scholars have clarified that the images that prevent angels are those that are venerated, whereas those that are non-venerated or have their heads cut off do not prevent their entry.

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