[Hadith of the day]

“Angels do not enter a house in which there is a picture or a dog” (Bukhari and Muslim)

((La tad’khoulul malaaikatou’ baytan fihi sooratun wa la qalbun))

“Picture” or “sooratun” refers to all animate drawings, forms, pictures and photos, whether they cast a shadow or not, unless they are in a degraded position (i.e. a picture on a floor covering that is trodden on).  The occupants of such a dwelling are deprived of the presence of angels and their prayers and their seeking forgivgesness for them.