Are images and photography permissible in parties and other occasions?

Question:
There are questions about images, photography in parties and in other places.

Answer:
The default ruling on image-making is that it is forbidden; this is the default, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who plucks her eyebrows, the one who has them plucked, the one who files her teeth, and the one who tattoos, and he cursed the image-makers. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He also (peace and blessings be upon him) said: and so on from what came in the hadiths. Therefore, the scholars derived from this the prohibition of image-making. Three-dimensional images that cast a shadow are unanimously agreed to be forbidden by consensus. The scholars differed regarding those that do not cast a shadow, such as images on paper, cardboard, and the like. The majority also hold that these are forbidden based on the generality of the hadiths and their indication of prohibition. This hadith is general, but from this is what dire necessity calls for, such as photographing criminals to fight and pursue them so that they are prevented from harming Muslims. Likewise, what dire necessity calls for regarding photographing diseases, specifically those that doctors want to identify in some of the dead. And likewise, what relates to a person’s image if it is requested.
If the passport or being granted a study permit is not issued except with a photo for necessities and needs that resemble coercion, then if one is not given a passport to protect one’s life or an academic certificate except with a photo, this is considered from the category of coercion or from the category of dire necessity. I used to think in the past that I held a position of suspension (ta'wil) regarding this matter.
Images on a television like this, where images, lectures, and seminars are broadcast. I used to be hesitant about that and did not...
...approve of its presence during the delivery of a lecture. Then it became clear to me that the public interest of the Muslims, so that they benefit from the seminar or lecture delivered on television, is that its broadcast reaches a wider audience. If image-making is permissible for a passport and the like, which is an individual interest and an individual need, how much more so for needs whose benefit is widespread and interests whose benefit is widespread? This strengthened my view against being strict in prohibiting the photographing of seminars and lectures whose benefit is widespread for the Muslims, as delivered via television and the like. This is the aspect of not being strict in this matter and not suspending judgment on it. The issue has another aspect regarding prohibition, but the closest view to me now, and the most apparent to me, is that what relates to the public interest is greater and larger than what relates to the individual interest in a passport and the like. We ask Allah for success for everyone.