Scale Models Two Sacred Mosques

— layout: post title: “Scale models of the two Sacred Mosques” publisher: “alsalafiyyah@icloud.com” source: “Fatawa al-Lajnah ad-Daimah no. 5576” category: [fatwas] hijri: Dhul-Hijjah 24, 1441 date: 2020/08/14 summary: It is not permissible to make scale models for Al-Haramayn Al-Sharifayn as they may contain pictures of the people in Al-Masjid Al-Haram while making Tawaf. shaykhs:

  • Shaykh Abdul-Aziz ibn Baz
  • Shaykh Abdul-Razzaq al-Afify
  • Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan

  • Shaykh Abdullah ibn Qa’ud

    Question:

    I would like to know the ruling on making a model for Al-Haramayn Al-Sharifayn (the Two Sacred Mosques i.e. The Holy Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah) including the Sacred Ka`bah with the aim of selling them to the pilgrims and other Muslims who wish to buy them as souvenirs.

Answer:

It is not permissible to make scale models for Al-Haramayn Al-Sharifayn as they may contain pictures of the people in Al-Masjid Al-Haram (the Sacred Mosque in Makkah) while making Tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka`bah) or offering Salah (Prayer) and of the people in Al-Masjid Al-Nabawy (the Prophet’s Mosque in Al-Madinah), the reciters and others, also because the green dome appears in the picture of Al-Masjid Al-Nabawy which makes some people believe in domes and the people buried in them and this may lead to Al-Shirk-ul-Akbar (major form of associating others in worship with Allah) and other evils; may Allah save us from that.