ur 3rd question answer bhai rameez 381Pictures and Photographs]/b[I Pray this reaches you in the best of Imaan and health.I apologise for another long email, but the issue of “Pictures in Islam”, has been a very controversial and misunderstand topic. So Insha’Allah I have gathered information by Scholars who have given rulings using the Quran and Sunnah and the Understanding of the Salaf. So for anyone )including the so called “modern scholars”( to say any ruling is wrong or not correct, they should produce evidence that is equivalent in authenticity or better.i have tried to restrict the Fatwas to those most relevant and common tothe muslim youth, in the west.May Allah forgive us for our shortcoming and guide us all. Ameen1.( Ruling on Drawingislam-qa)with extra references added(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 )peaceand blessings of Allaah be upon him( said,Narrated Ibn Umar: The Prophet said, The painters of these pictureswill be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them, Make alive what you have created. ]Sahih Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 93, Number 647[ Abdullah reported Allahs Messenger )may peace be upon him( as saying: Verity the most grievously tormented people on the Day of Resurrection would be the painters of pictures. Ashajj )one of the narrators( in the hadith narrated by him did not make mention of the word verity. ]Sahih Muslim, Book 024, Number 5270[ Abu Huraira reported Allahs Messenger )may peace be upon him( as saying: Angels do not enter the house in which there are portrayals or pictures. ]Sahih Muslim, Book 024, Number 5276[The Prophet )peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him( cursed thosewho consume riba )interest, usury( and those who pay it, and he cursedthe image-makers. This indicates that making images is forbidden. The scholars interpreted that as referring to images of animate beings such as animals, people andbirds.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.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 Allahs 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. ]Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 34, Number 428[With regard to forbidden kinds of pictures, an exception is made in cases of necessity, such as drawingpictures of criminals so that they will be known and caught, or pictures for identity cards which areessential 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(: “…Hehas explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of necessity …”]al-An’aam 6:119[ Fataawa Noor ‘ala al-Darb by Shaykh Ibn Baaz, p. 302.And Allaah knows best.2.( Ruling on PhotographsSheikh Muhammed Salih Al-MunajjidQuestion: ASSALAMALEIKUM My question is : IS the taking of PHOTOGRAPHS ALLOWED,)I know drawing pictures of living things is not allowed -but what about taking photographs of people etc.(, can you supply me with some evidence please. I need this information quickly.- Inshallah. Jaazakala hair.Answer: Praise Be To AllahPhotography )Tasweer( means the taking of pictures of living, animate moving beings like people, animals, birds, etc. The ruling is that it is forbidden on the basis of several reports, such as the following:These hadith indicate that pictures of animate things are haram, whether they are humans or other creatures, whether they are two dimensional or three dimensional, whether they are printed draw, sketched, engraves, carved, cast in models, etc. These hadith include all of these things.The Muslim should submit to the teachings of Islam and not argue with them by saying, “But I am not worshipping them or prostrating to them!” if we think about just one aspect caused by the prevalence of photographs and pictures in our times, we will understand something of the wisdom behind this prohibition: that aspect is the great corruption caused by the provoking of physical desires and subsequent spread of immorality cause by these pictures.The Muslim should not keep any pictures of animate beings in his house because they will prevent theangels from entering. Abu Huraira reported Allahs Messenger )may peace be upon him( as saying: Angels do not enter the house in which there are portrayals or pictures. ]Sahih Muslim, Book 024, Number 5276[But nowadays, unfortunately, one can even find in Muslim homes statues of gods worshipped by the Kuffar )such as bhuda, etc( which they keep on the basis that they are antiques or decorative pieces. These things are more strictly prohibited than others, just as pictures which are hung up are worse than pictures which are not hung up, for how easy they can leadto glorification, an cause grief or be a source of boasting! We cannot say that these pictures are kept of memory’s sake, because true memories of a Muslim relative or friend reside in the heart, and we remember them by praying for mercy and forgiveness for them.Taking pictures with a camera involves human actions such as focusing, pressing the shutter, developing, printing, and so on. wascannot call it anything other than “picture making” or tasweer which is the expression used by Arabic speakers to describe this action.In the book Al-I’Laam bi naqd kitaabal-halaal wa’l-haram, the author says, “Photography is even more of an imitation of the creation of Allah than pictures that are engraved or drawn so it is even more deserving for being prohibited. There is nothing that could exclude photography from the general meaning of the reports.” ] p.42, see also Fatawa Islamiyyah, 4/355[Among the scholars who have discussed the issue of photographyare Sheikh Nassirudden Al-Albaani, who said, “Some of them differentiate between hand drawn pictures and photographs by claiming that the latter are nota product of human effort, and that nomore is involved than mere capturing of the image. This is whatthey claim. The tremendous energy invested by the one who invented this machine that can do in a few second, which otherwise would takea few hours does not count as human effort, according to these people! Pointing the camera, focusing it and taking the picture, preceded by installation of the film, and followed by developing and whatever else that I may not know about… none of this is a result of human effort, according to them. Some of them explain how the photography is done, and summarize that no less than eleven actions are involved in making of the picture. In spite of all this, they say the photograph is not a result ofhuman action! Can it be permissibleto hang up a picture of a man, for example, if it is produced by photography and not drawn by hand?Those who say photography is permitted have “frozen” the word “tasweer” restricting it only to the time known at the time of the Prophet )peace be upon him( and not adding the meaning of photography, which is “tasweer” or “picture making” in every sense – linguistic, legal and in its harmful effects and as is clear from the definition mentioned above. Years ago I said to one of them, by the same token, you can allow idols which have no
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