AI-Hussain ibn Ali al-‘Alaviy has narrated from aI-Hassan ibn al-Hussain al’Umniy from ‘Amr ibn Jumay’ who has said the following: ‘I once asked Abu Jafar -asws if it is permissible to perform Salat in a Masjid with pictures. The Imam -asws said: ‘I dislike it, however, today it is not harmful to you (observe Taqaiyya). Had justice been established (with our Hujja -ajfj ) you would see how it is dealt with’.
A group has narrated from Ahmad ibn Mohammed from al-Hussain ibn Sa’id from Safwan ibn Yahya from al-‘Ala’, who from Mohammed ibn Muslim who has said the following: ‘I once asked one of the two Imams -asws about (offering Salat) in a house which has pictures. The Imam -asws said: ‘There is no offence in it if it (a picture) is on your right, left, behind you or under your feet. If it is in the direction of al-Qiblah, then cover it with a piece of cloth’.
[37] وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى كُلِّ التَّمَاثِيلِ إِذَا جَعَلْتَهَا تَحْتَكَ Mohammed ibn Muslim narrates the following from Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws : When pictures are under your feet then there is no harm in offering Salat.
[38] وَ سَأَلَ لَيْثٌ الْمُرَادِيُّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْوَسَائِدِ تَكُونُ فِي الْبَيْتِ فِيهَا التَّمَاثِيلُ عَنْ يَمِينٍ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالٍ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ تُجَاهَ الْقِبْلَةِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَيْءٌ مِنْهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ مِمَّا يَلِي الْقِبْلَةَ فَغَطِّهِ وَ صَلِّ Imam Aba Abd Allah -asws was asked about offering Salat in a house, which has pillow with picture all around?