What is the ruling of the Sharia on owning and decorating homes with birds and animals made by artisans?
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If the birds and other living beings made by artisans are three-dimensional and have a shadow, then their manufacture, sale, purchase, and possession are unanimously forbidden, unless they are headless or their features are effaced. It is not permissible for a Muslim to use what is Islamically forbidden to spread Islam.
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