[Adi_pk]

Aap kya samajhtey hain... kya generally tasveerein lena aur videos banana ghalat baat hain? ya jaiz hai? reply with your opinions with reasons n comments plz.

[HULK]

lolz:) beta jee aap ko cha gae ho aik hi din main.

well, is sawal ka jawab bi music waley sawal ki terhaan se mukhtalif scholars ki definitions ke mutabiq answer different rakhta hai.

Tasveerain banana aur utarna kisi bhi tor jaez nahin hai. jaisey ke tasveer ka banana jaez nahin hai waisey hi digital process is also not permitted. I do not have reference with me right now, but I shall post in this. I think this sthread should be in the religious cat, because all the arguements would be religious here.

Kisi bhi insaan, janwer, ki picture banana jaez nahn hai. Nature ka main keh nahin sakta like landscape etc, kiyun ke aisa koi fatwa main ne perha nahin hai.

Aisey hi videos ka jahan tuk mera khayal hai (although I need a reference from Quran and Sunnah) nature per depend kerta hai. Like islamic lectures, ilm ki terseel, aur issi kisam ke positive attitude ke saath ager ho to kisi hud tuk justified hai, but other than that it is not. Specially aurat ki numaish to kisi bhi soorat main jaez nahin hai chahey wo tasveer ke roop main ho ya video ki shakal main.

Inshallah main is per research kerkey koi proper references ke saath post kerta hoon.

And Allah knows best.

[HULK]

Assalam Alaikam. I have searched and found out the following which is relevant to this question. Although it is not directly related to this question, but the root is explained here that it is infact HARAAM Practise.

Ruling on setting up a website for posting audio and video files

QUESTION: I want to set up a website for posting pictures and files on the internet. This is a simple explanation of what the website will do: a centre for pictures and files that will let you upload pictures and files from your computer to the internet, and make links to it so that you can take part in discussion boards or send them easily to whomever you want and without having to register (free service). The problem is that some users may upload pictures or files that contain things that go against Islamic sharee’ah such as pictures of women, indecent pictures or movies, songs and music, movie clips, stories of scandal and other kinds of pictures and movies that go against Islamic sharee’ah, because the site will not be continuously monitored. My question is: What is the ruling on this site? Will there be any sin on us for every unislamic file that is uploaded via our site? Is this work of ours regarded as spreading immorality or cooperating in sin and transgression? What is the ruling if the site is for uploading pictures only?.


ANSWER:Praise be to Allaah.

It is not permissible for you to set up this website, because it will be a cause of spreading sin to other sites and those who want to spread songs or haraam clips or pictures will be able to do so easily through this site. It makes no difference whether it is for pictures only or for pictures and audio and video clips. By means of this site you will be helping those who want to spread haraam things, and this is the kind of cooperation that is forbidden in the Book of Allaah. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“do not help one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allaah. Verily, Allaah is Severe in punishment”

[al-Maa’idah 5:2]

For every evil and sin that is spread via your website, you will have a share in it, and its spread will never end even if you shut down your site, because it will be transmitted and spread via other sites. This means that the sin will continue every time someone looks at or listen to that which was uploaded via your site. Even after you die the sin will come to you in your grave!

It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever calls others to guidance will have a reward like that of those who follow it, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest. And whoever calls others to misguidance will have a burden of sin like that of those who follow it, without it detracting from their burden in the slightest.”

Narrated by Muslim (2674)

It was narrated that Jareer ibn ‘Abd-Allaah said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever sets a good precedent in Islam will have the reward for that and the reward of those who do it after him, without that detracting from their reward in the slightest. And whoever sets a bad precedent in Islam will bear the burden of sin for that, and the burden of those who do it after him, without that detracting from their burden in the slightest.”

Narrated by Muslim (1017)

Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: These two ahaadeeth clearly encourage us to set good precedents and forbid setting bad precedents. The one who sets a good precedent will have a reward like that of everyone who follows it until the Day of Resurrection, and the one who sets a bad precedent will have a burden of sin like that of everyone who follows it until the Day of Resurrection. The one who calls others to right guidance will have a reward like that of those who follow it, and the one who calls others to misguidance will have a burden of sin like that of those who follow it, whether this guidance or misguidance is something that he initiated or it was started before him, and whether that is by teaching knowledge, acts of worship, etiquette or anything else.

The words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) “those who do it after him” mean: if he sets the precedent, whether they do it during his lifetime or after his death.

Sharh Muslim (16/226, 227)

It was narrated that Abu Mas’ood al-Ansaari said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The one who tells another about something good is like the one who does it.”

Narrated by Muslim (1893)

It was narrated that Anas ibn Maalik said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The one who tells others about something good is like the one who does it.”

Narrated by al-Tirmidhi (2670); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.

Similarly it is said that the one who tells others about something bad will have a burden of sin like the one who does it.

Al-Manaawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

The one who ponders this meaning and is blessed with guidance will be motivated to learn and will be encouraged to spread knowledge so that his reward may be multiplied during his life and after his death in perpetuity, and he will refrain from introducing innovations and evils, for they will multiply his bad deeds in the manner mentioned, so long as anyone acts upon it. So let the Muslim ponder this meaning, the blessings of the one who tells others about good things and the doom of the one who tells others about bad things.

Fayd al-Qadeer (6/127).

What some owners of such websites do, obliging those who post material on them to promise that the material will not contain anything harmful to others or sinful, is not enough to discharge their duty, because many of those who surf the net are non-Muslims or evildoers who do not adhere to such promises.

We can tell you of something that will benefit your worldly interests – if you want – and your interests in the Hereafter, which is devoting the site that you are asking about for uploading beneficial Islamic material. This will require you to monitor the site constantly and to check the material before it is posted for others to look at. If you think that it is in accordance with Islam and guides others to do good and warns against evil, then you can let it be posted. We do not think that this will be difficult from a technical point of view, but it will need you to check on what should be published, as well as seeking help from seekers of knowledge for rulings on material when you are not sure of the ruling on it. You can imagine how very beneficial this will be for the Muslims and how great your reward will be. This will be a kind of sadaqah jaariyah (ongoing charity) and knowledge from which others will benefit after you die.

There is no reason why the site should not include audio and video files and books. But you should avoid uploading nasheeds that are accompanied by instruments such as the daff etc, and avoid publishing pictures of women, and avoid publishing books that contain bid’ah (innovation) and misguidance.

And Allaah knows best.

[Adi_pk]

Nadeem bhai... hum 2008 ke daur mei hain jahan media bohat ziyaada strong hai, log media ke courses parhaayee kar rahe hain.. media ke through apni baat saari duniya mei pohancha rahe hain... to phir kya hum media ko islam mazeed spread karne ke liye use nahi kar sakte? Dr. Zakir Naik, Dr. Israr Ahmed, Aamir Liaquat Hussain.. they are doing great job on media and giving brief knowledge of islam logically on media. Tasveerein ya Video agar haram hai to woh har insaan ke liye honi chahiye.. to kya unn logon ke liye bhi haram hai jo islam ki preaching de rahe hain?

u know what i think.. i believe ke jo kaam achai ke liye kiya jaye woh jayez hona chahiye.. ya jis kaam se kisi ko nuqsaan na pohanche woh ghalat nahi. What say?

[Adi_pk]

Thanks for the brief information nadeem bhai.. lekin yeh information sirf ek particular situation ke liye thi ke ek banda website banan chahta hai jis mei ppl can upload their choice of pictures... yeh to common sense ki hi baat hai ke yeh cheez sahi nahi since many ppl would upload non-islamic or dirty stuff.

Mein to generally pooch raha tha ke picture aur videos jaiz hain ya nahi... insaan aur jaanwar waghaira ki... agar sirf knowledge ke purpose ke liye use ki jaye.. ya phir woh koi dirtyness show na kar rahi hon to kya jaiz hai?

[HULK]

exactly main yehi to keh raha hoon ke ooper ki post mian ke jo strict kisam ke scholars hain wo deen ki nashonuma ko bhi media ke through kerney ke against hain:).

But tum ne jo point out kiya hai wohi merey bhi zehen mian tha. Ke jahan tuk doctor zakir naik aur un jaisey scholars ka taluk hai jo deen ki tableegh main media ka istemaal kertey hain, shayyad us hud tuk jaez hai.

follow kerney ki jahan tuk baat hai ke kisi ko follow kerain? tio beta us ke liyeh yehi kaha gaya hai ke ager to aap khud aik scholr hain, to phir aap apney tor per tehqeeq kerain aur jub aap ka dil mutmain ho ke haan ub main ne sahi rah paa li hai to phir ussi per amal kerain, aur ager aau khud mohaqiq nahin hain, to phir aisa scholar jo aap ki nazer main mukammal tor per durust ho, aap ussi ko follow ker saktey hain.

In my case, meri nazer main Dr Zakir Naik is the best scholar and I follow his lectures and rulings. :).

Aur ye jo information di hai, ye bhi main ne yehi soch ker di hai ke normally jahan per khawateen bina perdey ke hon, chahey wo tasveer hai ya video, wo jaez nahin hai. :)
And Allah knows best.

[HULK]

Medical community main insaanon ki figure, janwaron ke figure perh ker un ki pictures se perhai ki jati hai. If I were to ask this from Dr Zakir, may be he would say that is is allowed in this particular case.

Neeyah aur case by case is the essence here beta:). Hum aik doosrey ko to reason se kael ker saktey hain, but Allah SWT to neeyaton ke haal janta hai. is liyeh mera khayal hai ke itna keh dena kafi hai:)

[Adi_pk]

Sir, agar mein apni pics leta hoon ya video banata hoon.. which is no harm for anyone i guess.. to kya yeh bhi ghalat hai? aur kiyun?

[Adi_pk]

Sirf medical students ya community hi nahi.. har individual aaj ke daur mei tasveeron se study karta hai aur behtar samajh sakta hai.. warna hum ne aaj tak shair(lion) se mulaaqat nahi ki.. phir bhi by pictures and videos we know ke lion sahab hain kya aur kitne khatarnaak ho sakte hain.. sirf islamic hi kiyun.. generally bhi to kitni information milti hain videos n pictures se.. i watch national geographic channel which is very informative and it does help you.. that also shows pictures, videos of living things.

[HULK]

Why is it permissible to take pictures of trees and rocks even though they are the creation of Allaah?

QUESTION:I am wondering why it is possible to take pictures of buildings and other things, which are not moving. As Allah (SWT) says: 'Who does more wrong than the one, who tries to create something like my creation? Let him create a grain of wheat or a kernel of corn'. Why Allah gives an example of unmoving things? Why not birds, or people? I'm afraid may be it means that we can not even take a picture of unanimated things also?


ANSWER:Praise be to Allaah and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allaah.

The majority of scholars say that it is permissible to make pictures of inanimate objects such as trees, buildings, etc, and they quote several texts as evidence for that, including the following:

The report narrated by al-Bukhaari (5963) and Muslim (2110) from Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him), who said: “I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say, ‘Whoever makes an image in this world will be told to breathe life into it in the Day of Resurrection, and he will not be able to do so.’” The prohibition mentioned in this hadeeth has to do with animate objects. What confirms this interpretation is that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him), who was the narrator of this hadeeth, issued a fatwa permitting the drawing of trees and inanimate objects, as was narrated in Saheeh al-Bukhaari (2225) and Saheeh Muslim (2110) from Sa’eed ibn Abi’l-Hasan, who said: “I was with Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) when a man came to him and said, ‘O Ibn ‘Abbaas, I am a man who earns a living by the work of my hands, and I make these pictures (or images).’ Ibn ‘Abbaas said: ‘I will only tell you what I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say, and I heard him say, “Whoever makes an image in this world will be punished until he breathes life into it, and he will never be able to do so.’’ The man became very upset and his face turned pale. He – meaning Ibn ‘Abbaas – said, ‘Woe to you! If you insist on making them (images), then you can make images of these trees and everything that does not have a soul.’”

In Saheeh al-Bukhaari (5181) and Saheeh Muslim (2108) it is narrated that ‘Aa’ishah, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The Messenger of Allaah (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: ‘Bring to life that which you have created!’” and he said that the angels will not enter a house in which there are images.

This hadeeth indicates that the punishment has to do with images of animate beings, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said that they will be told, “Bring to life that which you have created!”

With regard to the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “Let them create a grain of wheat or a grain of barley,” what is meant by that is to show that they are incapable of doing so, because no matter what humans make that may resemble these grains or plants in shape, they can never instill in them the characteristics of these plants, so they cannot be planted and will never grow, and so on. If humans are unable to create a single grain with some of the characteristics that Allaah has created in it, then they are incapable of breathing life into the images and statues that they make. Hence it becomes clear that what is meant by the hadeeth is not that which may first spring to mind, that making images of grains and trees and inanimate objects is haraam, rather what is meant is to show that man is incapable as we have mentioned above. And Allaah knows best.

[HULK]

Different cases ask for different solutions:).
In the end, it is totally neeyah:).
Jo sawalat hain tumharye, us ke liyeh bhi main strive to keroonga, but beta jis baat se insaan buch sakta hoon, wahan per doubt main perney ka koi faida nahin hai (again ye sirf mera opinion hai) :)

inshallah ishall post more:)

[HULK]

Using drawings and pictures to learn medicine

QUESTION:I am a medical student, and i wish to become a good doctor one day InshaAllah. Reguarding my education my problems are
1) My books contain figures of the human body both male and female, and I do not know if Hijab permits such knowledge to be learned,
2) As a student I have to cut open dead human bodies to study the various parts of the human body. I do not know if this is haraam or halaal
3) In exams students draw pictures of specific parts in their answers (not of the whole human body). I know the hadeeth that all picture makers will be in the fire, but i donot know if it is permissable to draw pictures for educational purposes.
Please advise me as I do not wish to go beyond the Islamic Shareeah.


ANSWER:Praise be to Allaah.

It is well known in our religion that the basic principle with regard to drawings and pictures of animate beings is that they are haraam, because of the many ahaadeeth in which it says that they are forbidden and warn against them. We have previously explained that in a number of questions on this site. Please see, for example, question no. 7222.

It is well known in the principles of fiqh on which there is consensus that in cases of necessity, forbidden things are permitted, so the ruling may change from prohibition to permission if that will lead to achieving one of the five necessities that Islam came to protect, which are: religion, life, physical health, honour and wealth.

Because medicine is one of the necessary sciences that people need, to such an extent that some scholars regarded it as a communal obligation, this means that some things are permitted which are basically forbidden, in order to fulfil this communal obligation.

Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Rawdat al-Taalibeen (1/223):

With regard to sciences, some of them are a communal obligation, such as medicine. End quote.

Indeed, Muwaffaq al-Deen al-Baghdaadi narrated in his book al-Tibb min al-Kitaab wa’l-Sunnah (187) that Imam al-Shaafa’i said:

I do not know of any branch of knowledge, after knowledge of halaal and haraam, that is more noble than medicine. End quote.

Even if a doctor does not treat women except in cases of necessity, he must learn how to treat both ***es, because a woman may not be able to find a female doctor in a certain specialty or in a certain city. Also, knowledge of medicine is based on understanding the makeup of the human body, and the features of its various parts, and details of their functions. How well the doctor understands that will determine how well he knows medicine and how successful he is in ridding people of problems and diseases.

Hence there is nothing wrong with the doctor studying drawings that show the human body, whether they are of men or women, and there is nothing wrong – in sha Allaah – with using drawings in exams for students of medicine and life sciences, as that will help them to understand properly and learn this knowledge correctly.

In our religion it is permissible for women to treat men in cases of necessity.

It was narrated that al-Rubayyi’ bint Mu’awwidh (may Allaah be pleased with her) said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), bringing water, treating the wounded and carrying the slain back to Madeenah. Narrated by al-Bukhaari (2882).

Ibn Hajar said, commenting on this hadeeth in Fath al-Baari (6/52):

This shows that it is permissible for a non-mahram woman to treat a non-mahram man in cases of necessity. End quote.

All of the above indicates that it is permissible to use drawing and pictures in studying medicine, etc.



And Allaah knows best.

[HULK]

Is it permissible to take photographs of patients and show them at medical conferences?

QUESTION:In some medical cases, especially rare instances, some doctors want to take photographs of the patient and his body, or part of his body – such as the chest, back or legs – to use in teaching others about this. Is there anything wrong with doctors taking these pictures and showing them in conferences?


ANSWER:Praise be to Allaah.

We put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, may Allaah preserve him, who answered as follows:

If this is done with the knowledge of the patient and serves the interests of all, there is nothing wrong with it. But if it is done without the patent’s consent, then it is not allowed.

Q: What if the sickness is located in the area of the thighs?

A: Then the private parts should be covered. And Allaah knows best.

[HULK]

It is permissible to make pictures for essential purposes

QUESTION:Are there some situations in which it is permissible to make pictures?.


ANSWERPraise be to Allaah.

Making images and pictures of animate beings is completely forbidden at all times, except when there is an essential reason for doing so, such as a photo for a passport, or for identification documents, or to show pictures of suspects so that they will be recognized, or testing purposes, or when applying for a job, and other ways in which trickery may be prevented or security protected. In this case a concession is granted, only as much as is essential.

[HULK]

Ruling on drawing animate beings

QUESTION:What is the ruling on drawing in Islam?.


ANSWER:Praise be to Allaah.

Drawing is of two types:

One is drawing pictures of animate beings. It says in the Sunnah that this is forbidden. It is not permitted to draw anything that depicts animate beings, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, according to the saheeh hadeeth: “Every image maker will be in the Fire.” And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection will be the image-makers, those who tried to imitate the creation of Allaah.” 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 they will be told, ‘Give life to that which you have created.’”

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed those who consume riba (interest, usury) and those who pay it, and he cursed the image-makers. This indicates that making images is forbidden. The scholars interpreted that as referring to images of animate beings such as animals, people and birds.

With regard to drawing inanimate objects – which is the second type of drawing – there is no sin in that, such as drawing mountains, trees, planes, cars and the like. There is nothing wrong with that, according to the scholars.

With regard to forbidden kinds of pictures, an exception is made in cases of necessity, such as drawing pictures of criminals so that they will be known and caught, or pictures for identity cards which are essential and which cannot be obtained otherwise, and other cases of necessity. If the ruler decides that producing images of criminals is necessary, because of the seriousness of their crimes and to protect the Muslims from their evil when they are known, or for other reasons, there is nothing wrong with that. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“…He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of necessity …”

[al-An’aam 6:119]

[HULK]

Exemption of (baby) dolls from the ruling on haraam images

QUESTIONI have read all your answers regarding pictures for children. In my home, we have no pictures or animate (2-D and 3-D) figures, apart from these for children. In answering a question about photos, you stated no 3-dimensional images were allowed. Can you please explain the tradition where Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her) had a small toy unicorn (or similar) that she played with as a child, and the Prophet did not stop her.
Please answer this question, as all practising muslims I know have toys for their children. We all seek the right path of Islam.


ANSWER:Praise be to Allaah.

Those toys which are made of wool are not considered to be images, because they do not have a head apart from a piece of wool, and it does not have the features of the face such as eyes, nose, mouth or ears. If an image does not have a head or any facial features, it is exempt from the ruling prohibiting images.

Even if we assume that it is an image, this does not mean that all images are permitted. Rather it is an exemption from the prohibition for a legitimate shar’i purpose, which is to teach girls how to care for babies and to develop maternal feelings in their hearts, in order to prepare them for the future.

Most of the scholars have exempted the making of girls’ toys from the prohibition on making images and statues. This is the view of the Maalikis, Shaafa’is and Hanbalis. Al-Qaadi ‘Iyaad narrated that most of the scholars said that this is permissible, and he was followed in that by al-Nawawi in his commentary on Muslim. He said: “Exempted from the prohibition on making images that have a shadow are things that are used as toys for girls, because of the exemption that was narrated concerning that. This means that it is permissible, whether they are toys in the shape of people or animals, three-dimensional or otherwise, and whether they are supposed to represent real animals or not, such as a horse with wings…

The majority of scholars quote as evidence for this exemption the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) in which she says:

“I used to play with dolls in the house of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). I had friends who used to play with me. When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came in, they would hide themselves, then he would call them to join me and play with me.”

According to another report, she said that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came back from the battle of Tabook or Khaybar, and there was a curtain in her alcove. The wind blew and lifted the curtain, showing some dolls with which ‘Aa’ishah was playing. He said, “What is this, O ‘Aa’ishah?” She said, “My daughters.” Among them he saw a mare with wings made of leather.” He said, ‘And what is this that I see in the midst of them?” She said, “A mare.” He said, “What is this on it?” She said, “Wings.” He said, “A mare with wings?” She said, “Have you not heard that Sulaymaan had a horse with wings?” She said, the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) smiled so broadly that I could see his eyeteeth.

The Maalikis, Shaafa’is and Hanbalis interpreted this as an exemption for making toys because of the necessity of educating girls in how to bring up children. This interpretation is obvious if the toy is in the form of a human, but it is not obvious if it is in the form of a horse with wings. Hence al-Haleemi used this report and others to support his argument. He said: “There are two benefits of that in the case of girls, one immediate and one which comes later. The immediate benefit is that they have fun, which is one of the most effective means of child development. If a child is well taken care of and feels happy and content, his development will be stronger and better. That is because joy energizes the mind, which in turn energizes the soul, and that has an effect on the body and produces physical strength. The benefit which is seen later on is that through that (play), the girls learn how to deal with children, love them and feel compassion for them, and that becomes second nature to them, so that when they grow up and see for themselves the things they used to play at, they will find that the compassion they used to play at is something very real indeed. Ibn Hajar quoted in al-Fath from someone who thought that making toys was haraam, and that it had been permitted at first but was then abrogated by the general prohibition on making images. He responded by noting that the abrogation could have been the other way round and that the permission to make toys came later, on the grounds that in the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) about her toys, there is the indication that this happened at a later date, because it mentions that this happened when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came back from Tabook. So the apparent meaning is that it happened later on. (al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah – Maaddat al-Tasweer)

[HULK]

Children looking at images for the purpose of learning

QUESTION:Should children be shown images of humans and animals since they may learn from them?.


ANSWER:Praise be to Allaah.

The basic principle concerning image-making is that it is haraam except for that which has become unavoidable because it has become so widespread. So it is not permissible for the Muslim to make images of human beings or animals or any animate being, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed the image-makers as narrated in al-Bukhaari, 5374. And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Every image-maker will be in Hell.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2225; Muslim, 2110. And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him): “Do not leave any image without erasing it.” (Narrated by Imam Muslim, 969).

If children need to look at images of human beings or animals, whether these are photographs or images on video tapes, if that is for a purpose – such as children or *****s looking at pictures of our brothers in Palestine, Chechnya or Afghanistan – there is nothing wrong with a child looking at some pictures in order to learn. But we should also tell the child that making images is haraam and that this is only done by way of necessity, so that the child will grow up knowing the shar’i ruling.

And Allaah knows best.

[HULK]

Ruling on making partial image in cases of necessity

QUESTION:What is the ruling on making images, and is there is difference between a three dimensional image and other kinds of images such as photographs, or between pictures showing a complete image of a person and pictures which show only the face and chest and what is around them?


ANSWER:Praise be to Allaah.

It is clear that image-making is one of the blameworthy actions of the jaahiliyyah which Islam came to oppose. It is well established from clear, saheeh mutawaatir ahaadeeth that it is not allowed, and that the one who does this is cursed and is warned of torment in Hell, as in the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas which is attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): “Every image maker will be in Hell, and a soul will be given to every image which he made so that it might torment him in Hell.” (Narrated by Muslim).

This applies to all images of animate created beings, humans and others. There is no difference between three-dimensional and other images, whether they were taken with cameras or produced by painting, engraving or other methods, because of the general meaning of the ahaadeeth.

Whoever claims that photographs are not included in the general prohibition or that the prohibition applies only to three-dimensional images and those that cast a shadow is making a false claim, because the ahaadeeth concerning that are general in meaning. There is no differentiation between one kind of image and another. The scholars have clearly stated that the prohibition applies to photographs and other kinds of pictures, such as Imaam al-Nawawi, al-Haafiz ibn Hajar and others. The hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah concerning the story of the curtain is clear, and what it indicates is that an image which is on a curtain is not three dimensional, rather it is a kind of drawing on cloth, but despite that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) counted it as trying to match the creation of Allaah.

But if the image is originally incomplete, such as a head-and-shoulders picture, etc., and there is removed from the picture that without which is could not live, then it may be understood from the comments of many of the fuqahaa’ that this is permissible, especially if there is a need for such partial pictures. Whatever the case, one has to fear Allaah as much as one can, and avoid that which Allaah and His Messenger have forbidden.

“And whosoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty).

And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine”

[al-Talaaq 65:2-3 – interpretation of the meaning]

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