It is forbidden to hang pictures of humans or animals on the wall. It makes no difference if these are two dimensional images (such as drawings or silk screening, etc.) or three dimensional image* (i.e. sculpture), whether they are hand constructed or photographic, all of that is prohibited. It is obligatory upon whoever is able at least to remove them, if he is not able to destroy them.
Shaykh al-Albaanee after stating the prohibition of all form of pictures - hand-drawn, photographic or statue-form - then mentions the exception for children's dolls, as in the hadeeth of 'Aa.ishah - and likewise except that which is necessary for the benefit of Muslims, e.g. medical pictures, pictures of wanted criminals
There are various hadeeth about this:
First: On the authority of 'Aa.ishah (radhi-yAllaahu 'anhaa) who said: "I curtained off a store room with a curtain on which there were images (in another version: on which there were images of winged horses). When the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) saw it, he tore it down and his face became red, and he said:
«O 'Aa.ishah, the most severely punished people before Allaah on the day of Qiyama are those who imitate Allaah's creation.» (In another version:
«Verily, the makers of these images will be punished and it will be said to them: bring to life that which you have created!)» Then, the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) went on to say:
«Verily the angels do not enter a house in which there are images.» 'Aa.ishah said: `And so we cut up that curtain and made it into a pillow or two pillows. I have seen him (sallallaahu 'ataihi wa sallam) reclining on one of those pillows having an image on it." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim and others].
Second: Also on the authority of 'Aa.ishah who said: "I stuffed a pillow for the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) on which there were images as if it were a sleeping cushion. He stood in the entry way, and his face became dark with anger. I said: `What have I done O Allaah's Messenger? I turn in repentance to Allaah from whatever sin I have committed.' He said:
«What is it with this pillow?» I said: `I made it for you so that you can recline on it.' He said:
«Did you not know that the angels do not enter a house in which there is a image, and that the makers of these images will be punished on the day of Qiyama. And it will be said to them: Bring to life that which you have created!?» 'Aa.ishah said: `He never entered the house until I removed it.' [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim and others].
Third: The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said:
'Gabriel, peace be upon him, came to me and said: `I came to you last night, and the only thing which prevented me from coming in was that there were (human) images on the door, and a curtain in the house containing images, and there was a dog in the house. So pass over the head of the picture and cut it until it looks more like a tree; go to the curtain, cut it and make it into two pillows to put under you, and order the dog to be put out. Verily, we do not enter houses in which there are images or dogs.' The dog, it turned out, was a puppy belonging to Hassan or Hussein which had hidden itself under a clothes-tree (one version says: under the Prophet's bed). The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said:
«O 'Aa.ishah, when did this dog get in here?» She said: `By Allaah, I don't know.' And so he ordered for the dog to be put out, and sprinkled some water with his hand over the spot where the dog had been. [Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa.ee, at-Tirmidhee and others: Saheeh].
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I do have collections of Somali Culture stuff and I do hang them....And I love to see Somali things around me...Even I brought home Jiimbaar and my parents were like " Do not over staff the house"!