Please see the fatwa issued by Darul Ifta of Azaadville.

Answer

Pictures of animate objects are haraam. We have written several booklets on this subject. Should you want these books, provide your address.

The fatwa of Azaadville is dubious and fork-tongued. There is absolutely no difference of opinion in the Shariah regarding the prohibition of pictures of animate objects. The views of the molvis of this age, which are in conflict with the Consensus of the Ummah – a Fourteen-Century Consensus – are satanic and nafsaani views. The first miscreant Mufti of this era in the Ummah who has legalized haraam picture-making is Mufti Taqi of Paki-

stan. In so doing, he has opened a huge gateway for haraam and fitnah.

Since the Azaadville molvis are part of the NNB Jamiat of Fordsburg, they have adopted this forked-tongued stance thereby misleading the unwary and ignorant Muslim public.

The Haqq required that they should have stated the Ruling of the Shariah, and not water down the stringent prohibition for the sake of covering up for their ulama-e-soo' compatriots in the NNB Jamiat office. They are more concerned about the reputation of the fussaaq NNB molvis than the Ahkaam of the Shariah. The greatest calamity for the community and for the Deen of Allah Azza Wa Jal in this age is the molvis whose objective is the dunya not the Aakhirat.