Sculpture: Difference between revisions
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• According to the fatwa of Yousef Saanei, sculpture making itself is not prohibited, and if it is done for intellectual purposes, it is permissible<ref>Mughniyeh, Falsafat Islamiyah, p. 921.</ref>. | • According to the fatwa of Yousef Saanei, sculpture making itself is not prohibited, and if it is done for intellectual purposes, it is permissible<ref>Mughniyeh, Falsafat Islamiyah, p. 921.</ref>. | ||
• | • [[Mirza Javad Tabrizi]] believes that crafting sculptures of living and non-living beings is permissible, though it is recommended to avoid it<ref>Mughniyeh, Falsafat Islamiyah, p. 921.</ref>. | ||
• Sayyid Ali Khamenei considers crafting sculptures of living beings as permissible and states that buying, selling, keeping, and even displaying them in exhibitions is not problematic<ref>"Mujassameh-sazi va Hunarhay Tajassumi," Website of Grand Ayatollah Sanei.</ref>. | • Sayyid Ali Khamenei considers crafting sculptures of living beings as permissible and states that buying, selling, keeping, and even displaying them in exhibitions is not problematic<ref>"Mujassameh-sazi va Hunarhay Tajassumi," Website of Grand Ayatollah Sanei.</ref>. | ||
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• There are narrations where breaking sculptures is commanded<ref>Kulayni, Al-Kafi, Vol. 13, p. 233.</ref>. However, scholars like [[Sayyid Mohammad Sadeq Rohani]] and Mohammad Fazel Lankarani argue that these narrations specifically refer to cases where sculptures are used as idols for worship and veneration<ref>Rouhani, Fiqh al-Sadiq, Vol. 14, p. 240; Fazel Lankarani, Tafsil al-Shari'ah: Al-Makasib al-Muharramah, p. 142.</ref>. | • There are narrations where breaking sculptures is commanded<ref>Kulayni, Al-Kafi, Vol. 13, p. 233.</ref>. However, scholars like [[Sayyid Mohammad Sadeq Rohani]] and Mohammad Fazel Lankarani argue that these narrations specifically refer to cases where sculptures are used as idols for worship and veneration<ref>Rouhani, Fiqh al-Sadiq, Vol. 14, p. 240; Fazel Lankarani, Tafsil al-Shari'ah: Al-Makasib al-Muharramah, p. 142.</ref>. | ||
== Perspective of Sunni Schools == | == Perspective of Sunni Schools == | ||