I know it is haram in Islam to take pictures.right?
I don't care to take pictures of anything or anybody..but I can't resist when it comes to my baby.
I love to take her pictures and love to see her videos and to see them often. As she grows, I miss the times when she was young. I feel when she has grown up I can always see these pictures n remmember how she looked as a baby.
Is it haram to keep these pictures too.?
I think yes?
But if as a mother I want to keep the pictures n only for myself. Is it still haram? and why?
Allah has given us the best photographic memory tool there is..... and that's the brain!!!
I have kids and i can remember as far back as 10 years ago as to what they looked like and the fun i had with my kids.
Taking pictures is a def no-no.There are quite explicit hadith on the one who takes photos,such as Allah will not even look at him/her(one who takes/makes photos) on the day of judgement.
i realize that this is far from an authoritative source, but i've read here that it is ok to have pictures of your family, but you keep them in a drawer (not on display). also some think that videos - images on a screen - have a different legal status than photos. (permitted).
each man thinks of his own fleas as gazelles
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sahih bukhari
The book of dress, chapter 18 The punishment for picture makers on the day of resurrection:
2005 Narrated ibn umar Allah's messenger pbuh said,
"Those who make these pictures will be punished on the day of resurrection, and it will be aid to them,"make alive what you have created".
But i am a kid and i talk photos of my baby brother so when he grows up we can show it to him is that haraam and cna you take pictures of people or parents if they tell you too and how about talking photos of places ?
Question: What is the ruling concerning hanging a picture on a wall? What is the ruling concerning owning pictures of people?
Response: It is not allowed to hang a picture or keep a picture of any being that possesses a soul. It is obligatory to destroy such pictures. This is because the Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) told 'Alee:
"Do not leave any image, but [instead] efface it."
It is also confirmed in the hadeeth of Jaabir that:
"The Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) prohibited having pictures in houses."
Therefore, all pictures meant for remembrance should be torn to pieces or burned. However, pictures that are needed out of necessity, such as for official identification purposes and so forth, may be kept.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz Fataawa al-Mar.ah
Having picture taken out of necessity
Question: A questioner mentions that he has not applied for citizenship because of his disliking having his picture taken, since he has heard pictures are haraam. Now he is in dire need of applying for citizenship and (therefore) asks if it is permissible for him to have his picture taken so as to apply for citizenship as he is in dire need of it?
Response: The basic rule regarding taking pictures, carrying them and preserving them is that it is haraam. This is because the Peophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) cursed the one who made pictures. However if a person is forced to apply for citizenship (as a result of his) daily activities so that he can travel from one area to another, or he has been offered a job and now it rests upon him having his picture taken, it is permissible for him to have his picture taken out of necessity only.
And with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.
The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa, comprising -
Head: Shaykh 'Abdul 'Azeez Ibn Abdullaah Ibn Baaz;
Deputy Head: Shaykh 'Abdur-Razzaaq 'Afeefee;
Member: Shaykh 'Abdullaah Ibn Ghudayyaan;
Member: Shaykh 'Abdullaah Ibn Qu'ood
Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa., - Volume 1, Page 718, Fatwa No.1377
Hadith - Bukhari 3:428, Narrated Said bin Abu Al-Hasan
While I was with Ibn 'Abbas a man came and said, "O father of 'Abbas! My sustenance is from my manual profession and I make these pictures." Ibn 'Abbas said, "I will tell you only what I heard from Allah's Apostle . I heard him saying, 'Whoever makes a picture will be punished by Allah till he puts life in it, and he will never be able to put life in it.' " Hearing this, that man heaved a sigh and his face turned pale. Ibn 'Abbas said to him, "What a pity! If you insist on making pictures I advise you to make pictures of trees and any other unanimated objects."
Hadith -Bukhari 4:47, Narrated 'Aisha
I stuffed for the Prophet a pillow decorated with pictures (of animals) which looked like a Namruqa (i.e. a small cushion). He came and stood among the people with excitement apparent on his face. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is wrong?" He said, "What is this pillow?" I said, "I have prepared this pillow for you, so that you may recline on it." He said, "Don't you know that angels do not enter a house wherein there are pictures; and whoever makes a picture will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be asked to give life to (what he has created)?"
Question: What is the ruling on recording by video cameras and digital cameras in schools, in order to document the activity and submit it to the administration, as per their request?.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
It is permissible to take pictures of student activities with the video camera and digital camera mentioned, for the purpose of documenting the activity so that the administrators may study it, so long as these images are not produced in any fixed format such as on paper.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:
With regard to pictures made in the modern fashion, they fall into two categories:
The first category is those which have no tangible substance (and can only be seen by running them through a machine), as I was told is the case with pictures on video tapes. There is no ruling at all concerning these, and they do not come under the prohibition at all. Hence the scholars who forbid making pictures with cameras on paper (photographs) permitted this (video pictures), and said that there is nothing wrong with this. Then it was asked, is it permissible to film lectures which are given in the mosques? The (scholarly) view was that it is better not to do that, because it may disturb the worshippers and because they may film things that may not be appropriate, and so on.
The second category is fixed or still pictures on paper (photographs) …
But the matter needs further discussion if one wants to make these kind of permissible pictures. For they are subject to five rulings which depend on the intention. If the intention is something forbidden, then it is haraam. If he intends something waajib (obligatory), then it is waajib. Sometimes pictures may be essential, especially moving pictures. For example, if we see someone in the act of committing a crime against a person’s rights, such as an attempt to kill and so on, and we cannot prove it in any way but by taking pictures, then in this case taking pictures becomes waajib, especially in cases where pictures may decide the case. The means are subject to the rulings on the ends. If we make these pictures in order to prove the identity of a person for fear that someone else may be accused of the crime, this is also acceptable, indeed it is essential.
But if we take these pictures just to enjoy looking at them, this is undoubtedly haraam... And Allaah knows best.” (See Al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 2/197-199)
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: What is the ruling on videotaping celebrations, conferences and seminars?
He replied: If there is the hope that people may benefit from the videotaping of the party, seminar or Islamic meeting in which there is the call to Allaah, and it is believed that this is most likely to serve a good purpose and that this videotaping will be good and will benefit the people, then there is nothing wrong with that in sha Allaah. End quote from Fataawa Islamiyyah (4/367).
May Allaah help us all to do that which He loves and which pleases Him.
Assalam walaikum
But what when it comes to a woman taking photos for her passport when nowadays with the terrorism law, the woman must remove her hijaab??
Assalam walaikum
But what when it comes to a woman taking photos for her passport when nowadays with the terrorism law, the woman must remove her hijaab??
I don't know which country has that law akhee, but that is a completely different situation to that which is being discussed. This is talking about the general impermissibility of taking photos of creatures with souls, not women removing their hijaabs for any purpose.
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