Waswasah about stickers that look like face on wall

15-2-2017 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. There are some stickers on walls of the room which I live in. My sister and I placed them there a few years ago. Some stickers are heart shaped, and there are flowers with small hearts inside it and designs. The thing that I am concerned about is the following: the placement of some flowers and the small heart inside these stickers is such that when I look at it, it appears to resemble a face. I mean that there are two flowers which are placed where the eyes are in a face, and there is a small flower where the nose would be and the heart is at the place of a mouth. Hence, when I look at it, though its not a picture, it does look like a face because of their placement on the stickers. Is there any harm in having them on the walls? Do the angels of mercy enter such a room? Can I pray in such a room? Please advice as soon as possible shaykh. May Allaah reward you.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. 

These things are not considered an image, and there is no harm in praying in that place.

We advise you to avoid Waswasah (obsessive doubts) as its danger is great. Preoccupy yourself with seeking religious knowledge, calling people to Allah, and reading biographies of the Prophets and righteous predecessors.

Allah knows best.