The Ruling on Publishing the Shaykh’s Pictures in Newspapers
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Question:
It is better than the breast of the prayers. This person did not hunt for a gathering. It was mentioned, but when news about your eminence comes out in the newspapers, they place a picture of your eminence with the news. Does this count as a retraction of your ruling on photographic images? Because many people argue that you have retracted your position due to the publication of these pictures?
Answer:
The Shaykh Ibn Bardi (may Allah have mercy on him) used to prohibit photography and forbid it, yet they took his picture without his knowledge. So they took this picture from me, and I did not know about it. They used to put it in the newspapers, and I have no evidence for this, nor do they have evidence for it. This is not a retraction on my part, nor did I know about it, nor was I aware of it.
It is better than the breast of the prayers. This person did not hunt for a gathering. It was mentioned, but when news about your eminence comes out in the newspapers, they place a picture of your eminence with the news. Does this count as a retraction of your ruling on photographic images? Because many people argue that you have retracted your position due to the publication of these pictures?
Answer:
The Shaykh Ibn Bardi (may Allah have mercy on him) used to prohibit photography and forbid it, yet they took his picture without his knowledge. So they took this picture from me, and I did not know about it. They used to put it in the newspapers, and I have no evidence for this, nor do they have evidence for it. This is not a retraction on my part, nor did I know about it, nor was I aware of it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 9 — youtube.com (14:51)
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