Some people have animals and birds stuffed, by putting salt, Dettol, cotton and other materials inside them, then they put them in their living rooms for decoration. What is the ruling of the pure sharee’ah concerning that?


Praise be to Allaah.
 

It is not permissible to do such things because it is a waste
of money and because it is a means of becoming attached to that stuffed
animal and thinking that it wards off evil from the house and its occupants,
as some ignorant people think. And it is also a means that leads to people
hanging up pictures of animate beings, following the example of the one who
had the animal stuffed, thinking that it is an image. The Standing Committee
for Research and Issuing Fatwas, under my leadership and with my
participation, issued a fatwa to this effect. And Allaah is the Source of
strength.