Ruling on selling pottery and the ruling on praying in the store

Firstly:  

Selling
pottery pieces is permissible for both Muslims and kuffaar, but if these
pieces are in the form of statues and images of animate beings, then it is
not permissible to sell them or deal in them unless the heads are removed. 

The scholars
of the Standing Committee said: 

It is not
permissible for a Muslim to sell statues or deal in them, because of the
saheeh ahaadeeth which state that it is haraam to make images of animate
beings or erect statues of animate beings in general terms, or to keep them.
Undoubtedly dealing in statues makes images more easily available and helps
them to be set up in homes and clubs, etc. 

As that is
haraam, the income from making and selling them is also haraam. It is not
permissible for a Muslim to live on this money or buy food and clothing with
it, etc. Based on this, if a person has done this he has to get rid of that
money and repent to Allaah, that He may accept his repentance. Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning): 

“And
verily, I am indeed forgiving to him who repents, believes (in My Oneness,
and associates none in worship with Me) and does righteous good deeds, and
then remains constant in doing them (till his death)”

[Ta-Ha
20:82] 

We have issued a fatwa
stating that images of animate beings are haraam, whether they are
three-dimensional or otherwise, whether they are produced by carving,
engraving, dyeing or by means of modern equipment. 

Fataawa
Islamiyyah, 4/521. 

In the
answer to question no.
7222 there are
more details about making images and the prohibition on this action. 

Secondly: 

With regard
to praying, it is obligatory to pray in congregation in the mosque. See
question no. 120.
If the mosque is close enough to you that you can hear the adhaan without
loudspeakers, then you have to attend the congregational prayer in the
mosque. 

If the
mosque is far away and you cannot hear the adhaan except with loudspeakers,
then you can pray in the store, but it is better for you to set aside a
place in the store where you can pray in congregation. 

Shaykh Ibn
‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: 

Is there a
definition of the distance between a person’s house and the mosque?  

He replied: 

There is no
shar’i definition of the distance, rather it is defined by custom (‘urf)
and the distance at which the adhaan can be heard without loudspeakers. 

As’ilat
al-Baab al-Maftooh, question no. 700. 

See also
question no.
20655. 

And Allaah
knows best.