What is the ruling on using mobile phones that have digital cameras?
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Question:
We have heard that you issue a ruling permitting mobile phones with cameras, stating that it is permissible to use the camera in the device because it is digital. Is this correct?
Answer:
And you believe everything you hear? There is a lot of lying and fabrication. We warn, and the scholars warn, against mobile phones with cameras. They are also prohibited by the authorities. It is not permissible to sell them because of the corruption they contain, the photographing of women, and the act of photographing itself, which is forbidden. How much more so if they are used to photograph women at parties and the like? They are a means of corruption.
The rule is that when you are told that a person issued a ruling, you do not believe it merely based on the attribution until you seek proof, either from a recording of his voice or his written signature. If a ruling is attributed to a person, it is necessary that either his writing and signature on it be presented, or a recording of his voice be presented. Although imitation can also occur with voice, writing and signature are the most reliable. Yes. May Allah reward you.
The time of lying and fabrication, so do not believe anything except what is established. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-Hujurat 49:6] And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says: Sunan Abi Dawud 4992Sahih (Al-Albani). Yes.
We have heard that you issue a ruling permitting mobile phones with cameras, stating that it is permissible to use the camera in the device because it is digital. Is this correct?
Answer:
And you believe everything you hear? There is a lot of lying and fabrication. We warn, and the scholars warn, against mobile phones with cameras. They are also prohibited by the authorities. It is not permissible to sell them because of the corruption they contain, the photographing of women, and the act of photographing itself, which is forbidden. How much more so if they are used to photograph women at parties and the like? They are a means of corruption.
The rule is that when you are told that a person issued a ruling, you do not believe it merely based on the attribution until you seek proof, either from a recording of his voice or his written signature. If a ruling is attributed to a person, it is necessary that either his writing and signature on it be presented, or a recording of his voice be presented. Although imitation can also occur with voice, writing and signature are the most reliable. Yes. May Allah reward you.
The time of lying and fabrication, so do not believe anything except what is established. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and become, over what you have done, regretful.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَن تُصِيبُوا قَوْمًا بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَادِمِينَIt is enough falsehood for a man to relate everything he hears.
كفى بالمرء إثما أن يحدث بكل ما سمع
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم استخدام الجوالات التي بها كاميرا رقمية؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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