Is it permissible to keep personal photos for the sake of official transactions?
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Question:
The school, as well as government offices, asks us for personal photos every so often. Is it permissible to keep the photos for that purpose?
Answer:
If they forced you to do this, and the matter comes down to either dropping out of school or not taking photos, you should commit the lesser of the two harms, which is taking the photos, because dropping out of school is a greater harm than taking photos. It is permissible to commit the lesser of two harms to avert the greater one. Taking photos for the sake of studying is a permissible matter; because if you dropped out of school, the harm would be greater, and the sin would be upon the one who forced you to do this.
The school, as well as government offices, asks us for personal photos every so often. Is it permissible to keep the photos for that purpose?
Answer:
If they forced you to do this, and the matter comes down to either dropping out of school or not taking photos, you should commit the lesser of the two harms, which is taking the photos, because dropping out of school is a greater harm than taking photos. It is permissible to commit the lesser of two harms to avert the greater one. Taking photos for the sake of studying is a permissible matter; because if you dropped out of school, the harm would be greater, and the sin would be upon the one who forced you to do this.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز الاحتفاظ بالصور الشخصية لحاجتها في المعاملات الرسمية؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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