The Ruling on Camera Phones for Teenage Boys and Girls

Question:
A questioner says: A phone called the camera phone has become widespread, and some parents put it in the hands of teenage boys and girls. What is your advice?

Answer:
A camera is a tool for image-making, and it is not permissible to buy a tool for image-making for adults, so how can it be for children? Because it is a means of evil; it depicts human beings, it depicts beings with souls. Image-making is a major sin from among the major sins. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the image-makers and informed that they are the most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection. This indicates that image-making is a major sin from among the major sins. The camera is a means and a tool, like a weapon that you keep with your son, by which he might kill people. So this is not permissible, and a child is not raised on such matters. Yes.