Selling Items with Images and Pictures
Question:
Is it Halal to sell items such as ornaments of animals or people, or household items with pictures of animals or people to non Muslims?
Answer:
If the picture of a human or animal is clearly visible with all its features and details, then to make, keep and sell them would be impermissible because of the numerous authentic Hadiths of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) against making images of human or animal forms.
However, if the pictures are such that they merely outline the human or animal body without detailed features or they detail the features of a particular part (such as the heart), then it will be permissible to keep, though superior to avoid, and sell them and the earnings will be Halal. (Radd al-Muhtar)
And Allah Knows Best
[Mufti] Muhammad ibn Adam
Darul Iftaa
Leicester , UK