Praying in front of a hanging frame for the door of Ka'bah

31-7-2006 | IslamWeb

Question:

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the World; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. Salam, I have a question to ask regarding the picture frames of Allah and Prophet Muhammad (sws). I love to keep the frame of Allah and Prophet, i have also purchased a kaabah door which i have plaecd in on top of my bed, its a quite big kaabah door frame. Also i have purchased some more frames from Saudi when i went to umrah, could you please tell me that is it permissble, i love to full all my room with frame of Allah and Prophet, could you please advise me if it is permissble, also note that i am going to get married inshallah soon, is it haram to keep the frames of kabah door and frames of Allah in the same room where married couples stay. Also advise that is it permissble to read namaz at the front of kabah door frame. Please reply as soon as possible. Salam,
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.

 

It is permissible to hang the picture of the Ka'bah or the picture of its door. It is also permissible to hang the frame on which the Names of Allaah or the name of His Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) are written. However, if one intends by hanging them to get blessings from them or to repel a harm, then in this case they are included among the forbidden amulets according to the view of many scholars may Allaah have mercy upon them and the view of the companions among whom are Ibn Mas'ood and Ibn 'Abbaas may Allaah be pleased with them.

As regards performing the prayer in front of the frame of the door of the Ka'bah, then it is a condition for the prayer to be valid that it is performed to the direction of Makkah. So, if the frame on which the door of the Ka'bah is designed is in the direction of Qiblah (the direction of Ka’bah), then the prayer is valid. However, seeking to perform the prayer towards the picture of the door of Ka'bah could be classified as an innovation, so you should avoid it. As a matter of fact, it is confirmed that the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) said: "Whoever introduces into this matter of ours [Islam] that which is not a part of it, it will be rejected." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Furthermore, seeking to perform the prayer in the direction of the frame of the door of Ka'bah may lead a person to believe that he gets more reward or attains other merits by doing so.

Concerning putting this frame or that which contains the Beautiful Names of Allaah in the bedroom, please refer to Fatwa 90983.

For more benefit, you may also refer to Fatwa 83322.

Allaah Knows best.

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