What is the ruling on photography in the Haram?
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Question:
Is there any advice regarding the widespread practice of taking photographs in the Haram in an unnatural manner, where some people photograph their relatives and women? What is your advice?
Answer:
Whoever draws a picture, this is in the hadith:Sahih Muslim 2110b The most severely punished people on the Day of Resurrection are those who imitate the creation of Allah. He assigns to every artist, for every picture he has drawn, a soul that will be tortured with it in the Fire of Hell, whether in the Haram or elsewhere. So image-making is forbidden by any means and in any place; it is not permissible. And the more you engage in image-making, the more severe your punishment will be on the Day of Resurrection.
Is there any advice regarding the widespread practice of taking photographs in the Haram in an unnatural manner, where some people photograph their relatives and women? What is your advice?
Answer:
Whoever draws a picture, this is in the hadith:
He who painted pictures in the world would be compelled to breathe soul in them on the Day of Resurrection, but he would not be able to breathe soul (in them).
الصحيح من صور صورة كلف أن ينفخ فيها الروح يوم القيامة وليس بنافخ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم التصوير في الحرم؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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