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Fatwa CenterRuling on keeping calendars with names of Islamic figures
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what is ruling for keeping calendars in home or mosque which bears name of some muslim personalities (birth and death) and also name of some martyars.
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam, is His Slave and Messenger.
We did not understand what you mean exactly by your question - whether you are inquiring about the ruling on keeping such calendars in mosques and houses and handling them with respect or the ruling on hanging them in mosques and houses, given that they bear the names of some important figures? This is what we understood from your question and we will give you the answer to both questions:
The answer to the first question is: there is no doubt that it is permissible to keep such calendars and to handle them with respect, and it is even obligatory if they bear any of the names of Allaah Almighty. Also, Ibn Al-Haajj mentioned that it is disliked to treat with disrespect anything that bears the names of Muslim scholars that do not contain the names of Allaah. He 
wrote, “If the paper bears the names of scholars, the righteous predecessors - 
- or religious material, it is disliked to treat them with disrespect, yet it does not reach the level of prohibition.” [Al-Madkhal]
As for the second question: it is permissible to hang the calendars bearing the names of some Muslim figures and this does not imply commemorating them in a way that leads to exaggeration in reverence for them. However, if these calendars include decorative designs that distract the worshippers during the prayer, then, it is considered disliked (to hang them in the mosques). Imaam An-Nawawi wrote: “It is disliked to make decorations and engravings in the mosque due to the known Ahaadeeth and lest this distracts the worshippers during the prayer.” [Al-Majmoo’]
The Hanbali Imaam, Al-Buhooti wrote, “It was stated in Al-Fusool and other books that it is disliked to write on the walls of the mosque, whether it is verses of the Quran or any other writing, because it distracts the worshipper during the prayer.” [Kashshaaf Al-Qinaa’]
Allaah Knows best.
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