What is the ruling on image-making without need?
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Question:
He asks: Is there evidence for the prohibition of image-making, and what is its ruling if it is done without need?
Answer:
Image-making without need is a major sin among the major sins, and the people who will be most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection are the image-makers. Allah has cursed the image-makers, Allah has cursed the one who creates, and who is more unjust than the one who goes about creating like My creation? The worst of people are those who compete with Allah in His creation. There are authentic hadiths on this from all of them, but image-making is not permissible except out of dire necessity, for dire necessity only. As for making images for a hobby, for memories, or for sale, and this is more severe, none of this is permissible; all of it is forbidden. Yes.
He asks: Is there evidence for the prohibition of image-making, and what is its ruling if it is done without need?
Answer:
Image-making without need is a major sin among the major sins, and the people who will be most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection are the image-makers. Allah has cursed the image-makers, Allah has cursed the one who creates, and who is more unjust than the one who goes about creating like My creation? The worst of people are those who compete with Allah in His creation. There are authentic hadiths on this from all of them, but image-making is not permissible except out of dire necessity, for dire necessity only. As for making images for a hobby, for memories, or for sale, and this is more severe, none of this is permissible; all of it is forbidden. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم التصوير بدون حاجة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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