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What is the ruling on selling collectibles that have pictures of cartoon character faces on them, such as (Doraemon, Sally, and Tom and Jerry)?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The default ruling is that it is forbidden to draw images of animate beings. However, an incomplete image, such as a head without the rest of the body, has been permitted by a group of scholars. If a part of the image is removed such that the animal cannot survive after its removal, or if a head is made separate from its body, it does not fall under the prohibition, because the image does not remain after its removal. Similarly, if the image is headless, or a head without a body, or a head with the rest of the body being the image of a non-animal, then there is no harm in placing these images on products and selling them.

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