Can I Wear a Jacket with a Small Silhouette of Hands and Face on It?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is it acceptable to wear a jacket with a picture (small silhouette) of hands and a face on it? I wasn’t sure if it was a face at first, but after looking up the brand, I realized it was a face in the middle of the two hands.
Could you please respond with an answer?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are in good faith and health.
It will be permissible to wear this jacket as it is a small silhouette and not a clear full detail of a facial feature. [Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]
However, if you would like to avoid doubt and intrusive thoughts, it would be better not to wear it during prayer, visiting the masjid, etc.
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I pray this helps with your question.
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
