The Ruling on Publishing Images in Newspapers and Image-Making
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The questioner:
He says: Your Eminence, father, is it permissible for a person to place his picture in newspapers, such as for marketing some of a company's goods?
The Shaykh:
Image-making is not permissible, neither in newspapers nor in anything else. A person has no right to take his own picture or that of anyone else. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said Sahih Muslim 2109a. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) also mentioned those who consume riba (usury or interest), those who are tattooed, those who tattoo others, and those who make images. Therefore, it is not permissible for him to make images of himself, others, or animals. Rather, one must be cautious of this. Yes.
The questioner:
Questioner: I am a young man who was...
The Shaykh:
Or a national ID card, something required by necessity. If necessity demands it and it is obligatory, there is no harm due to necessity. Yes.
He says: Your Eminence, father, is it permissible for a person to place his picture in newspapers, such as for marketing some of a company's goods?
The Shaykh:
Image-making is not permissible, neither in newspapers nor in anything else. A person has no right to take his own picture or that of anyone else. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said
Whoever makes an image in this world will be kept in it until the spirit is breathed into it, and he will not be a hypocrite,
من صور صورة في الدنيا كلها أن يمكث فيها الروح وليس بنافق،the most grievously tormented people on the Day of Resurrection would be the painters of pictures
أشد الناس عذابا يوم القيامة المصورونThe questioner:
Questioner: I am a young man who was...
The Shaykh:
Or a national ID card, something required by necessity. If necessity demands it and it is obligatory, there is no harm due to necessity. Yes.
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مع إخوة في الله - ابن باز - ٣ — archive.org (15:58)
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