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Buying cleaned Sea Shells from an Arts and Craft Shop for home decorations

· 27 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1433 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I have one question - is it permissible to buy cleaned Sea Shells from an Arts and Craft Shop and use it for internal house decoration, eg in the bathroom.

Answer

Yes, as long as there is no irreligious connotation with it.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

لأن الأصل في الأشياء الإباحة (الاشباه والنظائر 1/302)

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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