As-salamu alaykum. Is there a differenze between a relistic drawing (wich im 100% sure that is haaram) and a stylized drawing, if is not is it permissible to draw characters that does not have human features?
Is drawing people without some features allowed?
10/04/2022
(updated 08/05/2023)
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It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (1/479): [Fatwa 1](https://islamqa.info/en/answers/102277/is-it-permissible-for-children-to-draw-pictures-of-animate-beings)
*“What makes images forbidden is the fact that they are images of animate beings, whether they are sculptures, or drawings on walls or fabric or paper, or they are woven, and whether they are done with a quill, a pen, or a machine, and whether they represent something real or something imaginary, whether they are small or large, beautified or distorted, or drawn in the form of lines representing a skeleton. What makes them forbidden is that fact that they depict animate beings, even if they are imaginary like pictures of ancient people, Pharaohs, or leaders and soldiers of the Crusades, or like the pictures of ‘Eesa (Jesus) and Maryam (Mary) that are kept in churches, etc., because of the general meaning of the texts, and because that is competing with the creation of Allaah, and because it is a means that leads to shirk.”
Sa’eed ibn Abi’l-Hasan said: A man came to Ibn ‘Abbaas and said: I am a man who makes these images; advise me about that. He said to him: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (SAW) say: “Every image maker will be in Hell, and for every image that he made, a soul will be created which will punish him in Hell.” Ibn ‘Abbaas said: If you must do that, then make (images of) trees and inanimate things. [bukhari, muslim]*
In another fatwa with a slight difference of opinion regarding what counts as image-making: [Fatwa 2](https://islamqa.info/en/answers/72915/ruling-on-drawing-animate-beings-without-showing-the-facial-features)
*“It seems that images which do not have complete features, which do not have a nose or eyes, are not included under the heading of haraam images, and the ones who make them are not included in this warning, because they cannot truly be said to be images, and these images do not imply imitating the creation of Allaah”*
I recommend leaving drawing (of animate things) altogether as that is the safest opinion. Have no doubt that if you leave it for the sake of Allah, He will grant you much better.