The ruling on the appearance of the Shaykh’s image in newspapers

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, from time to time an image of you appears in some newspapers. I have contacted these newspapers and advised them, informing them that you are not pleased with this matter because you hold that images are forbidden in all their forms, except for those that are necessary. They replied that if the Shaykh were not pleased with it, he would have contacted them or written to them, and that the Shaykh’s view is to the contrary. What is your view, may Allah preserve you?

Answer:
Yes, I am not aware of everything. This is their responsibility, and the sin is upon them. This image was taken from me while I was unaware; they took it from me while I was walking in a place. The one greater than me, Shaykh Ibn Baz, had his image displayed, and he was embarrassed and declared it forbidden, writing to the newspapers that you should not display my image. Yet they still display my image, but the sin is upon them. Yes.