What is the ruling on buying a book that contains illustrative drawings with the faces obscured therein?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
There is no harm in using drawings and photographs of permissible things in textbooks and elsewhere when needed to clarify information or teach children, provided that it is limited to the point of benefit or what the need dictates.
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