I heard someplace that its against the Muslim religion to build a statue of Allah?

Question

is this true and why?

I would really appricate feedback from Muslims.

and if you want to put down the religion please skip to someone ealses question i only want answers that arent racisist i will report all racist comments

Answer 1

Some sects of Islam are against any representation of humans, be that drawings, paintings, sculptures, etc. This comes from the Hadith, a collection of sayings and actions by Muhammed. This is why Islamic art is based on designs and patterns.
Some Muslims will get really upset if you draw Muhammed or Allah (just ask the cartoonists in Denmark.)

Persian art of the 15th and 16th centuries shows the figure of Mohammed with his face, hands, and feet covered. Some earlier Persian works show full views.

Arab Muslims tend to be the strictest about religious imagery. Shiites are more flexible than Sunnis; for example, they display images of Husayn,* the grandson of Mohammed. Devotional portraits of leading teachers are generally OK, as long as they don't fall under the Hadith ban on depicting the major prophets. Pictures of people in religious scenes—like pilgrims on the Hajj—are also allowed. These are more likely to be displayed in the home than at a mosque, and some conservative Muslims will refuse to pray in their presence.

Answer 2

Yes thats what Muslims believe that Allah should not be representated in any forms. I wont go into the details as there are enough followers of islam here are YA who will quote relevant sections of Quran and cut and paste the long paragraphs for you. So i will stick to your basic query

Answer 3

True, as I've been told by other Muslims. It's to keep them from worshipping the image instead of Allah himself. THe same reasons given in the Old Testament why people shouldn't have "graven images". *BTW: The Cross and Pictures of Jesus are Graven Images... whether you admit it or not*

Answer 4

No one has ever seen God, so definitely there can't be an image of God, secondly Muslims are not alllowed to make graven image of any sort, so that people do not direct their worship to the image instead of God.
Muslims have therefore developed a form of art with geometric patterns and special caligraphic writings.

Answer 5

Yes. Because they believe that since God cannot be seen, one cannot build a statue depicting how He looked like. Matter of fact, when Prophet Mohammed came to Mecca during the crusades, it had many status of Allah. He had them all destroyed for this belief.

Answer 6

I guess its ANY statue with a face.... weird but probably true..
pictures arent supposed to show faces either I guess...what about all those posters of saddam or zarqarwi then....I DUNNO
its a shame what they did to all the old biblical and other statues a few years ago, blowin 'em up

Answer 7

Haha how can we build a statue of Allah when we don't even know how he looks like? Even for Christians, they don't build statues of God (with the exception of Jesus) and Jews don't build statues of Yahweh. It's a good question for some to ponder, though =)

Answer 8

its true ... in ISLAM t is haram to make any statues for representing gods or smthg esle ... prophet Muahmmad 9p.b.u.h) smashed down the idols of arab ... 1300 yrs ago .. they were abt 360 statues .... .. it is haram to make any figure ...and then worship it ....... .. the wrongdoers would be asked on the day of judgement to give the statue life ... and ofcourse they couldnt do it ... so..... it is haram in islam or u can say prohibitted in isalm to do such a thing

Answer 9

Yes it is true read this:

dolatry is a major sin in the Abrahamic religions regarding image. In Christianity it is defined as worship of an image, idea or object, as opposed to the worship of a supreme being. In Judaism and Islam, the creation of imagery itself as well as its worship would amount to idolatry. In religions where such activity is not considered as sin, the term "idolatry" itself is absent. Some religious authorities and groups have used the term to describe other religions apart from their own.

Islam forbids idolatry and polytheism. Most sects of Islam forbid any artistic depictions of human figures, even those of Muhammad, this being shirk, which originally means "partnership": the sin of associating some other being with the one God, Allah. This is considered akin to idolatry, if not idolatry outright. Furthermore, images of God are even banned outright in most sects of Islam, reinforcing absolute monotheism in Islam and attempting to eliminate any and all forms of idolatry.

* Kafir: a person who refuses to submit himself to Allah (God), a disbeliever in God.
* Kuffar: plural form of kafir.
* Kufr (verb): to show ungratefulness to Allah and not to believe in Him and His religion.

These words are used by most Muslims, as loose synonyms or translations for idolators and idolatry, although some have used them to define all non-Muslims.

Answer 10

no one had, has, or will ever see Allah, God in his mortal life. so how can image of unseen be drawn. When the Creator Himself made every person look different in color, shape behavior hence if i draw Him it will be different from any one else who draws too. Allah is light that illuminates. no face no shape