The Ruling on Depicting Living Beings on Video
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Question:
This questioner says: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, on depicting living beings in video?
Answer:
It is not permissible to depict living beings in any way, whether by video, by any other means, or by drawing. Depiction is forbidden in the general sense. The hadiths prohibit depiction absolutely, by any means: not by drawing, not by capturing with a camera, not by sculpting, and not by making statues. All of it is forbidden.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner says: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, on depicting living beings in video?
Answer:
It is not permissible to depict living beings in any way, whether by video, by any other means, or by drawing. Depiction is forbidden in the general sense. The hadiths prohibit depiction absolutely, by any means: not by drawing, not by capturing with a camera, not by sculpting, and not by making statues. All of it is forbidden.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-103-واجب المسلم تجاه الأفكار والآراء المضللة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (35:07)
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