Is the drawing and studying of human anatomy forbidden, even with the use of pictures that may depict completely nude bodies for educational and artistic purposes?

As for Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" drawing, it expresses the idea of proportion in the universe and the human body.

Regarding its religious ruling: The use of images of the nude body in medical education is permissible due to necessity, because necessities permit the forbidden, and general need is treated as a necessity. This applies equally to men and women viewing them for medical education.

However, necessity must be estimated according to its measure. Therefore, it is not permissible to expand the use or dissemination of these images beyond the interest of accredited study.

As for artistic purposes, they are neither necessary nor a recognized need religiously, so they do not permit the violation of nakedness.