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layout: post
title: "Ruling on hanging a non-Muslim country's flag on a Muslim's chest"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah of KSA, Fatwa no. 20597, Question 2"
category: [fatwas,walabara]
hijri: Dhul-Hijjah 6, 1441
locale: en
lang: en
note: true
uid: ruling-on-hanging-kafir-flag-in-chest
excerpt: "It is not permissible for a Muslim to hang the disbelievers' distinctive symbols, such as crosses or other items, onto their chest."
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Aal Al-Shaykh
      url: /biography/abdulaziz/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
    - name: Shaykh Salih Fawzan
      url: /biography/fawzan/
    - name: Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd
      url: /biography/bakr/
---

### Question: 

Some foreign authorities distribute two types of flags, one for Saudi Arabia and the other one for their non-Muslim countries. A military official hangs these flags on people's chests. What is the ruling on this action?

### Answer:

It is not permissible for a Muslim to hang the disbelievers' distinctive symbols, such as crosses or other items, onto their chest.