By Asma Bint Shameem
If the emojis are *smiley faces*, that’s permissible.
Someone asked about using smiley faces in chats.
The scholars said:
“It seems – and Allaah knows best – that this face, whether it is smiling or sad, does not come under the same ruling as images that it is forbidden to make, draw, or use, for two reasons:
1.It contains none of the features of a real face, such as eyes, mouth and nose, and it has no head or ears.
The Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam said:
“The image is the head; if the head is cut off, there is no image.” Narrated by al-Ismaa’eeli in his Mu’jam from the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah no. 1921 and in Saheeh al-Jaami’ no. 3864.
2. The majority of fuqaha’ are of the view that if something is cut off from an image without which it could no longer live, then it is not a haraam image.”
(Islamqa Fatwa # 110504)
But if it’s more than that with clear features and the shape and look of a human being or animals etc then *drawing* them is forbidden.
But *using* them is an issue of disagreement among the scholars.
It’s best to avoid them to be on the safe side and avoid any area of scholarly difference.
And Allaah knows best
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