I was unaware of the ruling on pictures of animate objects.

Question:

Asalamualaikum,

years ago I pasted some wallpapers on the wall of my room, but those were of butterflies, at that time I was unaware of the ruling on pictures of animate objects. then I hid the heads of those pictures by a marker pen and continued offering nimaz. Now I am still concerned whether totally occlude the pictures but pasting a new wall paper or would this act of concealing the heads of these pictures suffice? Please advise…. I have performed nimaz like this for years in my room, I hope they were valid? please reply quickly as I may spend more days like this without adequate knowledge and my anxiety is on the rise.

Answer:

Wa Alaikum As Salaam,

Concealing the heads of those pictures would suffice. Your Salaat performed were valid.

And Allah knows best,
Mufti Waseem Khan

22/2/2013