Grafiti dawah

[abu eeman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8010684.stm

salaam alaikam a diffrent way to do dawah see picutres of mohamad ali aerosl arabic work on bbc web site

[Colonel_Hardstone]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8010684.stm

salaam alaikam a diffrent way to do dawah see picutres of mohamad ali aerosl arabic work on bbc web site

Masha'Allah what a unique concept.

[NNoor]

I'm sorry but I think it is a really stupid idea to put up ayaat from the Qur'an on a wall on the outside of a building, especially if it's the Arabic script. It will inevitably get dirt and filth on it, not to mention the possibility of people disrespecting it in any number of ways.

In addition, I really hope he at least owns those walls or had permission from the owner to spray paint them.

[xs11ax]

I'm sorry but I think it is a really stupid idea to put up ayaat from the Qur'an on a wall on the outside of a building, especially if it's the Arabic script. It will inevitably get dirt and filth on it, not to mention the possibility of people disrespecting it in any number of ways.

In addition, I really hope he at least owns those walls or had permission from the owner to spray paint them.

"if art is a crime, then may Allah forgive me."

[KeepTheGazeDown]

Absolute disgrace. May Allah save us from disrespecting the ayaat of the quran in such a way and give us the tawfiq to give the ayaat of the quran total respect.

[Ansari]

Absolute disgrace. May Allah save us from disrespecting the ayaat of the quran in such a way and give us the tawfiq to give the ayaat of the quran total respect.

Do you have any Fatwa to put forward your claim? What do you think about Quranic texts hanging in front of shops? Or in the cars or on windows (like it is famous in India en Pakistan? Or Islamic books which non-Muslims have stocked in their library?

[KeepTheGazeDown]

Do you have any Fatwa to put forward your claim? What do you think about Quranic texts hanging in front of shops? Or in the cars or on windows (like it is famous in India en Pakistan? Or Islamic books which non-Muslims have stocked in their library?

1) Where did I say I agreed with all these placards in shops or houses? More often than not they are disrespected e.g watching tv in rooms where they are put. However, im not saying its haram.

2) Clearly stocking books in libraries is different to Painting an ayat of the quran on a wall, and painting knows as 'grafiti' which associated with kuffar. Hence, do not merge the two in one. Please dont even bother over arguing this point.

Grafiti is not asscociated with Islam, we follow the way of the Ambiya in giving dawah and not painting an ayat of quran on the wall. Clearly if the value and respect of the quran is not in ones heart than well I have nothing to say accept Allah is the best of judges. I for one would not want grafiti on the wall of my house so why put ayat of the quran using this grafiti nonsense?.

Astagfirullah

و بالله التوفيق

[xs11ax]

regarding putting ayats on walls in the streets, near televisions etc being wrong is a fair point and i think we definately need some guidance on this from the ulama....

but as for doing calligraphy in the style of graffitti, how can that be not allowed?? muslims come from all over the world and depending on where they live, what era they live in and their culture, they all have different concepts of art.

[abu eeman]

show me evidence from the quran sunnah the sahaba tabieen tabi tabi een that this is wrong

[sudoku]

I don't think there should be anything wrong with something like 'Eid Mubarak' etc, but I'd be a little cautious with ayaat of the Quran because of the disrespect that could happen. I'm not talking about rain or dirt, but about people disrespecting it.

As for the style the work is in, I don't actually see something wrong with that like brother xs11as mentioned, everyone has a different style that they like. I personally thought it looked nifty..