The second type consists of plastic dolls made in the exact likeness of a human being, though small in size. They may move and may produce sounds. Someone might say that they are unlawful, because their depiction is highly detailed and exactly resembles a human being; that is, they are not merely general representations, but detailed ones, with eyes that move. Yet we may say that they are permissible, because Aisha used to play with dolls, and the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, did not object to this.

However, someone may say: the dolls Aisha had were not like these dolls that exist today; there is a great difference between them. Whoever considers the general scope of the concession—and that allowances may be made for children which are not made for adults, as Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, said in the chapter on racing, when mentioning certain forms of amusement: “Children are allowed what adults are not allowed” (1)—may hold this view, because play is part of children’s nature. Thus, one finds young girls treating these dolls as though they were actual daughters, as if they had given birth to them. They may even serve as a means of preparing a girl to raise her own children in the future. You will also find her naming them: “This one is so-and-so, and this one is so-and-so.” Thus, someone may say that she may be granted this concession. I therefore refrain from declaring them unlawful, though the doubtful matter may be avoided by obliterating their faces.

It is prohibited to use anything woven with gold or gilded with it before it has undergone transformation, ………

His statement: “It is prohibited to use anything woven with gold or gilded with it before it has undergone transformation.”

His later statement, “for males,” is connected to the phrase, “it is prohibited”; meaning, it is prohibited for a male to use something woven with gold or gilded with it.

Something woven with gold is that which contains threads of gold