We are going to tackle the very controvercial topic of drawing in Islam in this article.

Let us start off and mention that there are many different views on this issue among different scholars and different sects and madhabs.

Can Muslims draw God and his prophets?

All Muslims do not illustrate God or the Prophet Mohammad, and it is generally frowned upon to draw any of the prophets in Islam (including Jesus and Moses), but I have not confirmed yet if it is forbidden to draw them by all groups. The reason for this is because God is beyond our imagination and whatever we draw of God would not do justice and there is a chance that the illustration becomes an object of worship instead of the creator. Muslims themselves would not engage in drawing God or his prophet because they understand that this act is an offensive act towards all Muslims. Instead of illustrations, Muslims often have a calligraphy of God or his many attributes as art in their households.

Drawing the prophet of Islam has a similar reason for being forbidden and that is that however greatly you draw the illustration, it may not due to justice to the man himself. Unfortunately, there are those who intentionally want to offend Muslims and make a show of illustrating the prophet of Islam. These attempts at drawing are particularly offensive because they are drawn in a vulgar or disrespectful way. A non-Muslim who is not bound by Islamic rules or beliefs could technically draw the prophet, Mohammad, in a beautiful way, and Muslims, while not being happy that their prophet is illustrated, may not be offended if it was not offensively drawn.

Can Muslims draw living things?

At the most basic version, some groups believe that nothing animated should be illusrstrated because the one who draws may come to think of him or herself as a creator equal to that of the creator of all things, the one and only God. Other groups beleive that it is ok to draw animated things, if there is not a negative intention with the drawing. Other