Headless dolls made from wool, rags and similar materials are not regarded as Tasweer!
24 November 2025 • 3.08K views

Ar-Rubayyi’ bint Mu‘awadh narrated:
“On the morning of the day of ‘Ashūrā' (the 10th of Muharram), the Prophet (ﷺ) sent a messenger to the homes of the Anṣār to announce: ‘Whoever has already eaten should refrain from further eating and complete the fast, and whoever is fasting should continue fasting.’ She added: “From that time on, we regularly fasted on that day and encouraged our children to fast as well. We would make small toys out of wool for them, and if a child cried from hunger, we would give him one of those toys to distract him until it was time to break the fast.” [Agreed Upon]
Similarly, ‘Ā’ishah (may Allāh be pleased with her) reported that she used to play with dolls in the presence of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ). When her playmates visited her, they would leave out of shyness of the Prophet (ﷺ), but he would send them back to her. [Muslim 2440]
In another narration, she said that when the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) returned from the expedition of Tabook or Khaybar, there was a curtain covering an alcove in her home. A breeze lifted the curtain and revealed some dolls with which she had been playing. He asked, “What is this, O ‘Ā’ishah?” She replied, “My daughters.” Among them he noticed a mare with wings made of leather. He asked, “And what is this in the middle of them?” She said, “A mare.” He asked, “What is this on it?” She said, “Wings.” He said, “A mare with wings?” She replied, “Have you not heard that Sulaymān had a horse with wings?” She said that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) smiled so widely that she could see his molars.