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Question ID: 3512Country: India
Answer ID: 3512
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 292/278=J)
Today Muslims generally wear shirts and now it is no more worn by any particular community; therefore making shirts and dealing in shirts will be allowable. Yes, it is necessary to avoid designings containing picture of any living being since it is unlawful to make pictures of any living being:
إن التصویر یحرم ولو کانت الصورۃ صغیرۃ لأن علۃ حرمۃ التصویر المضاھاۃ لخلق اللہ (الشامی: 2/417)
But, dealing in such shirts (which have pictures on it) is makrooh (undesirable).
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India