What is the ruling on filming scholars on television?
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Question:
This questioner says: We are in a country outside the Kingdom, and when we rebuke people for taking pictures, they say, "Why do we see the scholars on television?" So how do we answer them?
Answer:
First of all, this is not an argument. We say to you: Allah said, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said. And you say: The scholars make mistakes, the scholars make mistakes. Also, what you see on television is a live broadcast; it is not photography. It is a transmission, just as the prayer is transmitted from al-Masjid al-Haram and al-Masjid al-Nabawi. This is a transmission; they call it a live broadcast. It is only the fixed images that are not permissible to keep. Yes. As for people who are praying and then disperse, and no one remains, and they take a picture of them while they are praying, this is a live broadcast. It is like if you opened the door and saw the people praying in this mosque. Yes.
This questioner says: We are in a country outside the Kingdom, and when we rebuke people for taking pictures, they say, "Why do we see the scholars on television?" So how do we answer them?
Answer:
First of all, this is not an argument. We say to you: Allah said, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said. And you say: The scholars make mistakes, the scholars make mistakes. Also, what you see on television is a live broadcast; it is not photography. It is a transmission, just as the prayer is transmitted from al-Masjid al-Haram and al-Masjid al-Nabawi. This is a transmission; they call it a live broadcast. It is only the fixed images that are not permissible to keep. Yes. As for people who are praying and then disperse, and no one remains, and they take a picture of them while they are praying, this is a live broadcast. It is like if you opened the door and saw the people praying in this mosque. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تصوير المشايخ في التلفاز؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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