Is it permissible to buy a painting with a picture of one of the Ottoman caliphs, knowing that the picture does not contain any nakedness or anything that violates Islamic law, and would it prevent angels from entering the house?

It appears that this painting is hand-drawn, and owning such a complete image is not permissible according to the majority of scholars. They permit the possession of images if they are incomplete or defaced, for instance, by being stepped on.

If the image is missing a part without which life cannot be sustained, many scholars have permitted it, such as Ibn Qudamah, who holds it permissible if a part is removed without which the living being cannot survive.

Some scholars restrict the incompleteness to the head, only permitting images from which the head specifically has been removed, based on the saying of Ibn Abbas: "The image is the head; if the head is cut off, it is not an image." This is supported by the hadith of Gabriel to Abu Hurairah, in which he was commanded to cut off the head of the statue.

This view is the most preponderant and apparent, and the most cautious in practice, and the permission is established for images from which the head has been specifically removed. If an image is not permissible to own, it prevents the entry of angels, and it is not permissible to buy or sell it.