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layout: post
title: "Manufacturing crosses is not permissible"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah of KSA, Fatwa no. 7266"
category: [fatwas,walabara]
hijri: Dhul-Hijjah 8, 1441
date: 2020-07-29
lang: en
locale: en
note: true
excerpt: "It is not permissible to have crosses in mosques, houses or educational buildings like schools, institutes and so on."
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Razzaq Al-Afifi
      url: /biography/afifi/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah Ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah Ibn Qa'ud
      url: /biography/qaud/
---

### Question: 

What do you think about crosses printed on carpets in some Masjids (mosques)? A carpet spread in the Masjid may contain drawings of two crossing swords, a small palm tree and some crosses. How can a person offer Salah (Prayer) on these carpets?

### Answer:

Making crosses is Haram (prohibited) whether they are three-dimensional, engravings, or mere drawings. It makes no difference whether these are drawn on walls, carpets, etc. It is not permissible to have crosses in Masjids (mosques), houses or educational buildings like schools, institutes and so on. Also, it is not permissible to keep crosses; they should be destroyed, removed, or changed either by breaking or distorting them. It is not permissible to sell or pray on carpets containing shapes of crosses.