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Are We Allowed To Keep Rocking Horses In The House For Children To Play?

· 7 Jumada II 1434 AH1 min readFatwa 25098English

Question

Are we allowed to keep rocking horses in the house for children to play on?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

A rocking horse has an image of a horse. The image is regarded as an animate object, which is haram. Therefore it is not permissible to keep rocking horses in the house.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Saeed Ahmed Golaub

Jamaica

Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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