Ruling on caricatures
Question

                What is the ruling on caricatures and those which are seen in some newspapers and magazines, which includes drawings of people?.
Praise be to Allah.
    The drawings mentioned are not permissible. They are among 
    the widespread evils which must be given up because of the general meaning 
    of the saheeh ahaadeeth which indicate that it is haraam to make images of 
    any animate being, whether by machine, by hand or by any other means. 

    For example, al-Bukhaari narrated in his Saheeh that 
    Abu Juhayfah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet  (peace 
    and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade the price of a dog and the 
    price of blood, and he forbade (the actions of) the woman who does tattoos 
    and woman who has that done, and the one who consumes riba and the one who 
    pays it, and he cursed the image-maker.  

    It is also narrated in al-Saheehayn that the Prophet 
     (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The people who will 
    be most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection will be the 
    image-makers.” And he  (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: 
    “The makers of these images will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and 
    it will be said to them: ‘Give life to that which you have created’.”  

    And there are many other sound ahaadeeth on this topic. No 
    exception is made to that except cases where pictures are necessary, because 
    Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “while He has explained to 
    you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of 
    necessity” [al-An’aam 6:119].  

    I ask Allaah to enable the Muslims to adhere to the laws of 
    their Lord and to adhere to the Sunnah of their Prophet  (peace and 
    blessings of Allaah be upon him), and to avoid that which is contrary to 
    that, for He is the best One to be asked. End quote.