What is the ruling on those who come to the Haram with cameras and photograph people?
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Question:
What is the ruling on those who come to the Haram with cameras and photograph people?
Answer:
Photography is forbidden in every place, and it is more severe in the Haram. It is not permissible to photograph with cameras or anything else. May Allah curse the photographers, as in the hadith:Sahih Muslim 2109a And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: Sahih al-Bukhari 5953 or let them create a grain of barley. Every photographer is in the Fire, and for every image he is given...
What is the ruling on those who come to the Haram with cameras and photograph people?
Answer:
Photography is forbidden in every place, and it is more severe in the Haram. It is not permissible to photograph with cameras or anything else. May Allah curse the photographers, as in the hadith:
the most grievously tormented people on the Day of Resurrection would be the painters of pictures
والمصورون اشد الناس عذابا يوم القيامهWho would be more unjust than the one who tries to create the like of My creatures? Let them create a grain
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذَهَبَ يَخْلُقُ كَخَلْقِي فَلْيَخْلُقُوا حَبَّةً
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم الذين يأتون إلى الحرم بالكاميرات ويصورون الناس؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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