After doing some search in yahoo answers about muslim not able to draw humans and animals or objects, i’m still confused about the meaning of ‘animate objects’ or ’something with/without soul’
Some answers voiced that its ok to draw trees.
Trees have no soul?
no plant soul?
if trees can be drawn, can other plants be drawn?
What defines a soul of an object?
Can a muslim draw a robot?
Can a muslim draw a computer monitor screen then add 2 dots and a curve line? yes, it happened to be a smiley.
I also read some answers that its ok to draw body without head.
I also read that if students were to draw in school to learn, they can draw different parts separately as they will have no life.
heres my question: can i just draw a head only since nobody can live without a body?
what about monsters? they are stuffs that doesn’t exist on earth.
if a muslim were to draw a monster he/she created out of himself/herself how is that object a soul?
because it has legs?
because it has hands?
isn’t that merely perceptions that something has soul have?
a bacterium cell doesn’t have all those yet we can’t see they have no soul that will be a living thing without a soul.
a dragon drawn can be robotic on the inside.
isn’t an unseen monster/creature dead right from the start?
yes, i’m aware that it can still be a form of imitating muslim god’s creation of living things.
then again i’m puzzled, how is it then is considered imitation?
because you added a face? a smiley? = living thing?
can i draw and design a cool looking string then i imagine it to be a snake?
yea, a eyeless snake, not possible that its a living thing right?
so my question boils down to the definition of living things, animate objects, inanimate objects, and soul.
Tags: about, animate, draw, forbidden, muslims, objects.
interesting. I’ll have to check later to read the answers. I know Muslims are against pictures of Allah and Muhammad but I didn’t know about plants or animals.
~Peace~
Animate meaning things like animals, birds, humans etc that have life….I’ve read the opinion that things such as “monsters” that are from a persons own imagination are permissible to draw….also I’ve seen people draw things without eyes because it is as if with eyes a person has been given life……gosh….I dont know how to explain…….
refer to these links
http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/39806
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9SftDrawTQ
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=7&ID=15655&CATE=1
also post this in society and culture>holidays>Ramadan for more answers from Muslims