What is the shar’i ruling on video tapes on which there are (pictures of) animals, for teaching children?

Answer

Praise be to Allah.

There is nothing wrong with that, this will keep them from watching bad things. 

Source: From the fatwas of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, in Majallat al-Da’wah, issue no. 1823, p. 54
