The ruling on allowing disbelievers to enter mosques for the purpose of photography

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is it permissible to allow and permit disbelievers to enter the mosques of Muslims to take photographs in them?

Answer:
Photography is not permissible in any place; mosques are even more severe. It is not permissible for Muslims or disbelievers to take photographs. Mosques are even more severe. As for their entering them for a purpose, there is no obstacle. They entered upon the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in his mosque. The Christians entered upon the Messenger in his mosque. Thumamah ibn Uthal was tied up in it before he embraced Islam. Except for al-Masjid al-Haram. Al-Masjid al-Haram is not entered by disbelievers. This is not specific to the mosque of the Ka'bah, but rather the entire Haram is not entered by a disbeliever. Allah the Exalted said: . So the polytheists are prevented from entering the Haram until the Day of Resurrection. They will enter the Haram. As for the rest of the mosques, there is no obstacle to their entering them, but they must not do anything in them of sins or wrongs, such as photography. Yes.