Attending a family celebration involving video and camera photography
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this is a woman asking. She says: I am a woman who does not attend Friday celebrations, as I prefer to be
The Shaykh:
present.
The questioner:
She says, may Allah keep you safe: I am a woman who does not attend wedding celebrations, but a few days ago I attended my brother’s daughter’s wedding, which was a family gathering.
The Shaykh:
Like a giraffe.
The questioner:
My brother’s daughter, and it was a family gathering, based on the fact that there was no dislike in it, but there was video photography and photography with a camera. Is video photography permissible, and is camera photography permissible, knowing that I advised against photography? Will I be sinful for attending this wedding, and what is obligatory for me regarding this?
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that photography is forbidden, and it is a major sin, whether by video or by camera. All photography is forbidden and a major sin due to the severity of the warning against it. It is an evil, so if a person attends it, he must denounce it. If they refuse, or if they do not comply and continue with the photography, it is not permissible for him, by explicit text, to remain; he should leave and not sit with them.
The presenter:
Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this is a woman asking. She says: I am a woman who does not attend Friday celebrations, as I prefer to be
The Shaykh:
present.
The questioner:
She says, may Allah keep you safe: I am a woman who does not attend wedding celebrations, but a few days ago I attended my brother’s daughter’s wedding, which was a family gathering.
The Shaykh:
Like a giraffe.
The questioner:
My brother’s daughter, and it was a family gathering, based on the fact that there was no dislike in it, but there was video photography and photography with a camera. Is video photography permissible, and is camera photography permissible, knowing that I advised against photography? Will I be sinful for attending this wedding, and what is obligatory for me regarding this?
The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that photography is forbidden, and it is a major sin, whether by video or by camera. All photography is forbidden and a major sin due to the severity of the warning against it. It is an evil, so if a person attends it, he must denounce it. If they refuse, or if they do not comply and continue with the photography, it is not permissible for him, by explicit text, to remain; he should leave and not sit with them.
The presenter:
Yes.
Source
شرح منظومة الآداب الشرعية [1] — alfawzan.live (1:00:38)
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