The ruling on filming academic courses in the mosque with video

Question:
Academic courses were held in one of the mosques in Riyadh, and the brothers in charge of the mosque filmed those lectures on video and brought cameras into the mosque. What is the ruling on this action? And is there any religious benefit in it?

Answer:
Filming is not permissible; filming is forbidden, and calling to Allah through filming is not permissible. Filming is not used for the sake of da'wah (calling to Islam); da'wah is in no need of these things. How do we call to Allah by a path of disobedience? The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against filming, cursed the filmmakers, and informed that they are the most severely punished people on the Day of Resurrection. Therefore, the callers to Allah are the most deserving of people to avoid filming and stay away from filming. And if the callers to Allah film...
...then this leads people to be lenient about filming or to consider it permissible. As long as these students of knowledge and callers to Allah are filming, they say, "We are the most important; what is required of us is explanation." Or perhaps they say, "This is a good thing." So this is a matter that must be closed off, and filming is not permissible. And da'wah is, praise be to Allah, in no need of filming through its lawful means. So what these brothers did is a mistake without a doubt.

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