Fatwa #133921 October 2000Pakistan

Are making shadow puppets are prohibited?

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This is in regards to Question 728. I was wondering if this applied to shadow puppets too, or simply playing with one's shadow as if it were a pretend person?

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Playing with ones shadow is a futile act and prohibited.

Was salaam

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT

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