Why Selling Toys is Not Haram in Islam with 7 Hadith Proofs
C.J Ahmed-08.04.2023
Selling toys be it of animate or inanimate objects is not haram in Islam because Islam does not prohibit selling toys. The evidence is from the following hadiths,
(Bukhari and Muslim)
(Sahih Sunan Abu Dawud-Graded Sahih by Albani in Ghaayat al-Maraam)
"The Prophet (Sal) set out for an expedition. I took a carpet and screened the door with it. When he ( Prophet (Sal)) came back he saw that carpet and I perceived signs of disapproval on his face. He pulled it until it was torn or it was cut (into pieces) and he said: God has not commanded us to clothe stones and clay. We cut it (the curtain) and prepared two pillows out of it by stuffing them with the fibre of date-palms and he (Prophet (Sal)) did not find fault with it.
(Sahih Muslim) )
Thre is evidence that Aisha(rali) brought a cushion with an image of an animate object. The hadith is as follows,
(Sahih Muslim)
It must be noted , unlike nowadays where some muslim brothers and sisters are harsh when images of animate objects are present on clothes, the prophet (sal) was lenient on this issue. Images of animate beings are allowed when there are designs on the clothing or if there are images in sheets as well. The above hadith also proves clearly that buying images or objects/dolls of animate beings is not haram because when Aisha (Rali) told the prophet (Sal) that she brought the cushion, the prophet (Sal) did not forbid her on that.
It is clear with all the above evidence from the authentic hdiths that selling toys of animate or inanimate objects is not haram in Islam.
Selling toys be it of animate or inanimate objects is not haram in Islam because Islam does not prohibit selling toys. The evidence is from the following hadiths,
- Al-Ismaa’eeli narrated in his Mu’jam from Ibn ‘Abbaas (Rali) that the Prophet (Sal) said: “The image is the head; if the head is cut off then there is no image.”
- Aisha (rali) narrated
(Bukhari and Muslim)
- Aisha(Rali) narrated
(Sahih Sunan Abu Dawud-Graded Sahih by Albani in Ghaayat al-Maraam)
- Images of animate objects can be used as rugs or carpets and also can be used as pillows to recline. The evidence for this is in the below hadiths.
"The Prophet (Sal) set out for an expedition. I took a carpet and screened the door with it. When he ( Prophet (Sal)) came back he saw that carpet and I perceived signs of disapproval on his face. He pulled it until it was torn or it was cut (into pieces) and he said: God has not commanded us to clothe stones and clay. We cut it (the curtain) and prepared two pillows out of it by stuffing them with the fibre of date-palms and he (Prophet (Sal)) did not find fault with it.
(Sahih Muslim) )
Thre is evidence that Aisha(rali) brought a cushion with an image of an animate object. The hadith is as follows,
- Aisha (Rali) narrated:
(Sahih Muslim)
It must be noted , unlike nowadays where some muslim brothers and sisters are harsh when images of animate objects are present on clothes, the prophet (sal) was lenient on this issue. Images of animate beings are allowed when there are designs on the clothing or if there are images in sheets as well. The above hadith also proves clearly that buying images or objects/dolls of animate beings is not haram because when Aisha (Rali) told the prophet (Sal) that she brought the cushion, the prophet (Sal) did not forbid her on that.
- Ubaydullah ibn `Abdullah who narrated that he went to Abu Talhah Al-Ansary to visit him during his illness and found Sahl ibn Hunayf with him. Abu Talhah asked someone to remove a rug on the floor. Sahl asked: "Why do you (want to) remove it? He replied: Because it includes suras and I know what the Messenger of Allah (Sal) said about them (suras – i.e. the ruling on them). He said: Did he not say: “Except a design in a cloth”. He said, “Yes, but this is more comfortable for me.” (Narrated in Musnad Ahmed, Nasai ,Tirmidhi-Imam Tirmidhi graded it as Hasan Sahih)
- Narrated Ibn `Umar:
It is clear with all the above evidence from the authentic hdiths that selling toys of animate or inanimate objects is not haram in Islam.