Fatwa on smilies

[Abdul Alhazred]

Question ("]Ask the Imam[/url]

[url="http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/DouMybo.html) from Pakistan:

Q: I want to ask that the use of Emotions i.e. smiles in chat or email comes under drawing pictures?

Detail:- for example " :) , ;) “etc. (keeping in mind that in messenger a smiley face appears which has visible eyes and mouth etc)


Please click the link before commenting. :rolleyes:
:usa:

[Ladewig]

Is the link supposed to go to a Frederick Douglass biography?

[Atlas]

Ladewig,

I had the same question...

I believe we were to go here. (http://www.islam.tc/ask-imam/index.php)

There under March 10 I found the answer...
Q: I want to ask that the use of Emotions i.e. smiles in chat or email comes under drawing pictures?

Detail:- for example " , “etc. (keeping in mind that in messenger a smiley face appears which has visible eyes and mouth etc)
The use of emotional signs, for example, smile, sad, etc. in a cellphone falls in the category of animate pictures.

It is prohibited to make use of such emotional signs in a cellphone.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
All I can say is.... Thanks Mufti

[Atlas]

This really is a great site for concerned young muslims today. There are so many troubling questions in our modern day world that it is good to find a place giving clear answers.

A couple others I liked...

Q: What does Islam say about white magic such as real magic done for entertainment or for altering physical apperances? such as levitation, or invisibility spells?

A: White magic for entertainment, etc. falls in the category of Lahw and La’ab (futile and useless) acts which is prohibited.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai



Q: Is it allowed to marry your mother’s cousin? I am a young female (15 years) and I really, really like my so called “uncle” (25 years). And is my mother’s real uncle (her mother’s brother) my mahram?

A: Your mother’s cousin (your cousin Uncle) is not your Mahram. It is permissible to marry him.

Your maternal grandmother’s brother (mother’s mother’s brother) is your Mahram. You cannot marry him.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

[Abdul Alhazred]

Originally posted by Ladewig
Is the link supposed to go to a Frederick Douglass biography?

My bad, sorry. Didn't cut properly after my previous post 'The best autobiography', but the next poster corrected the link. I'd edit it now, but it's too late under current forum rules.

[MLynn]

Give me liberty or give me death - :) :D ;) :p :kiss: :clap: :roll:

[shemp]

What does Cthulhu think of smilies?

[FireGarden]

What does Cthulhu think of smilies?
He loves them!

...With fava beans!

[Kopji]

Gol durn it! First I had to give up my Pokemon (http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/pokemon010326.html), and now this! :)

what a world what a world