Adorning camels and taking pictures of them in the sacred precincts
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Question:
May Allah make your gathering pleasant. The Honorable Shaykh, he says: In the recent past, I witnessed in Muzdalifah and Mina a number of people with camels who had adorned them to ride them, and they took commemorative photos of themselves while riding on them. Is this action permissible, especially since it is expected to develop and increase in the coming years, given the great demand for renting them for this purpose and taking them as a memory of the guidance?
Answer:
This is a form of play and frivolity with the animals. Also, it opens the door for the development of this, which is forbidden for a person in the state of ihram. This action is not permissible. Whoever sees this and witnesses it should write a report about it to the authority of his own region, to prevent this thing. He should write that such and such has happened, and so on. This occupies the pilgrims and makes Hajj seem like a leisure trip or a sport, or it distracts them from worship. This is an action that is not permissible, so it must be denounced, and the authorities responsible for Hajj, who are the authority of his own region, must be informed. Yes.
May Allah make your gathering pleasant. The Honorable Shaykh, he says: In the recent past, I witnessed in Muzdalifah and Mina a number of people with camels who had adorned them to ride them, and they took commemorative photos of themselves while riding on them. Is this action permissible, especially since it is expected to develop and increase in the coming years, given the great demand for renting them for this purpose and taking them as a memory of the guidance?
Answer:
This is a form of play and frivolity with the animals. Also, it opens the door for the development of this, which is forbidden for a person in the state of ihram. This action is not permissible. Whoever sees this and witnesses it should write a report about it to the authority of his own region, to prevent this thing. He should write that such and such has happened, and so on. This occupies the pilgrims and makes Hajj seem like a leisure trip or a sport, or it distracts them from worship. This is an action that is not permissible, so it must be denounced, and the authorities responsible for Hajj, who are the authority of his own region, must be informed. Yes.
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 01 — archive.org (58:09)
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