The Ruling on Photography with Mobile Phones in Mosques and Elsewhere
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is your view, may Allah preserve you, regarding photography with mobile phones, especially in the houses of Allah?
Answer:
Photography is not permissible, neither in mosques nor elsewhere. The one who does it is cursed. In the authentic hadith, the image-makers are cursed. The image-makers are cursed, and they are those who depict beings with souls, from humans and animals. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed them and informed that they are the most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection.
And on the Day of Resurrection, the images they created will be gathered. The images they created will be gathered.Sunan an-Nasa'i 5362Sahih (Darussalam). Blow into them the souls. Can they blow into them the souls? This is something only Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is capable of. But this is a form of torment for them and of incapacitating them. It came in the hadith that for every image he created, a soul will be made for him, and he will be tormented with it in Hellfire. Every image will be a source of torment for him in Hellfire, may Allah protect us from it. So what do you think if a person photographed thousands of images? He will be tormented with every image on the Day of Resurrection? So the matter is not easy.
And photography is not permissible by any means, neither with mobile phones, nor with a photographic camera, nor with drawing by hand, nor with carving by hand. Photography is forbidden in all its types and forms, by all its means, except for necessary photography. Necessary photography for the sake of official work, or for travel, or for proving identity; this is necessary, so it is permissible out of necessity. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:[Al-An'am 6:119] It has become a necessity in these areas, so one should restrict it to the necessity only. As for photography for art, hobby, memories, and so on, this is forbidden and not permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
The questioner asks: What is your view, may Allah preserve you, regarding photography with mobile phones, especially in the houses of Allah?
Answer:
Photography is not permissible, neither in mosques nor elsewhere. The one who does it is cursed. In the authentic hadith, the image-makers are cursed. The image-makers are cursed, and they are those who depict beings with souls, from humans and animals. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed them and informed that they are the most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection.
And on the Day of Resurrection, the images they created will be gathered. The images they created will be gathered.
and it will be said to them: 'Bring to life that which you have created.'
ويقال لهم أحيوا ما خلقتمAnd photography is not permissible by any means, neither with mobile phones, nor with a photographic camera, nor with drawing by hand, nor with carving by hand. Photography is forbidden in all its types and forms, by all its means, except for necessary photography. Necessary photography for the sake of official work, or for travel, or for proving identity; this is necessary, so it is permissible out of necessity. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:
excepting that to which you are compelled
إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِThe presenter:
May Allah bless you,
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