Question: What the people often ask about, especially the businessmen in this time, is what is called a manikin. It is a body of a complete woman without a head. Some business owners display women’s clothing on it. It is a fitnah (trial) for the youth to expose the form of a woman with a chest and waist. So what is your opinion [about this]? Is it correct for a man from the religious police to prevent these things? Please give us a verdict, may Allah reward you.
Answer: [After the committee studied the issue they answered] “if it is as mentioned, then using this image impermissible. This is due to the fitnah in it because it resembles the body parts of a woman and the beauty of her body. That is a means that will lead to using the image of a complete woman. So it is obligatory to prevent using these images in the stores.
With Allah is Tawfeeq”
Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and verdicts
Chairman:
Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz
Members:
Salih al-Fawzan
Abdul-Aziz Ala Shaikh
Bakr Abu Zaid
[Taken from: https://goo.gl/pZVD15 ]
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
