Using a deceased person's picture as a phone background
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Some of my relatives say that when my grandfather passed away (may Allah have mercy on him), they placed his picture as a background on their mobile phones so that they would remember him and make du'a for him. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to keep pictures for the sake of memories. A picture in the house drives away the angels. A person does not carry pictures with him except out of necessity. Necessity permits what is prohibited. As for what is not necessary, it is not permissible to keep pictures, neither for memories nor for anything else, neither for relatives nor for scholars nor for anyone else. Yes.
The questioner:
What is your question?
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Some of my relatives say that when my grandfather passed away (may Allah have mercy on him), they placed his picture as a background on their mobile phones so that they would remember him and make du'a for him. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to keep pictures for the sake of memories. A picture in the house drives away the angels. A person does not carry pictures with him except out of necessity. Necessity permits what is prohibited. As for what is not necessary, it is not permissible to keep pictures, neither for memories nor for anything else, neither for relatives nor for scholars nor for anyone else. Yes.
The questioner:
What is your question?
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 18-07-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:18:50)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.