Is It Permissible to Draw Cartoons for Educational Purposes?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas
Question: Assalam aleykum
Is it permissible to draw animated kids cartoons for educational purposes?
The cartoons would encourage simple things like good manners, looking after parents etc.
Answer: assalamu alaykum
Yes, this would be permitted based on the view that does not deem digital forms of pictures as impermissible provided the actual content is permitted (e.g. no nudity, display of vice etc.)
[Ustadh] Salman Younas
Checked and approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Ustadh Salman Younas graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in Political Science and Religious Studies. After studying the Islamic sciences online and with local scholars in New York, Ustadh Salman moved to Amman. There he studies Islamic law, legal methodology, belief, hadith methodology, logic, Arabic, and tafsir.