Publishing photographs with news in newspapers and the issue of image-making
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Question:
When news about you appears in the newspapers, they include a photograph of you with the news. Does this count as a retraction of your prohibition of photographs? Because many people argue that you have retracted your position due to the publication of these photographs?
Answer:
The Shaykh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) used to prohibit image-making and declare it forbidden, and they took his picture without his knowledge. So they took this picture from me while I was unaware, and they kept putting it in the newspapers. I did not permit them to do this, nor did I authorize it. This is not a retraction on my part, nor did I know about it, nor was I aware of it. Yes. Yes.
When news about you appears in the newspapers, they include a photograph of you with the news. Does this count as a retraction of your prohibition of photographs? Because many people argue that you have retracted your position due to the publication of these photographs?
Answer:
The Shaykh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) used to prohibit image-making and declare it forbidden, and they took his picture without his knowledge. So they took this picture from me while I was unaware, and they kept putting it in the newspapers. I did not permit them to do this, nor did I authorize it. This is not a retraction on my part, nor did I know about it, nor was I aware of it. Yes. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 004 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الطهارة / الآنية / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:11:46)
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