The Ruling on Photography with a Mobile Phone and Camera

Question:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: What is the ruling on photography with a mobile phone or camera? Some people say it is merely trapping the shadow and that there is nothing in it that is forbidden. What is the ruling on that?

Answer:
There is nothing forbidden in it according to him, but according to the Sunnah and the evidence, photography in general is forbidden, and the photographer is cursed, and he is the most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection. So what takes the mobile phone out of this? The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade photography absolutely, by any means: mobile phone, camera, by hand, by drawing. He forbade it absolutely. So who would make an exception to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and correct the Messenger? The verified scholars have only made an exception for dire necessity. If a person needs to take a picture for dire necessity, this is permissible for the sake of that dire necessity. Allah the Exalted said: As for photography for hobby, photography for art, photography by camera or by hand or whatever it is, it is forbidden. It is not permissible except for dire necessity only, to the extent of the necessity. It is a dispensation, a dispensation for the sake of dire necessity only. Yes.