The ruling on installing surveillance cameras in school hallways
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on installing surveillance cameras in the hallways of schools, where some school principals do this? Is there any harm in that? What is the benefit of this?
Answer:
The intended meaning is that photography is not permissible. If the intention is photography, it is not permissible. However, if the intention is to monitor the students, and this is not photography, this is merely transferring images of those passing by, and what is transferred is what remains, like how the prayer is transferred in the two Holy Mosques. This is not photography; this is a mere transfer, and what is transferred is what continues.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on installing surveillance cameras in the hallways of schools, where some school principals do this? Is there any harm in that? What is the benefit of this?
Answer:
The intended meaning is that photography is not permissible. If the intention is photography, it is not permissible. However, if the intention is to monitor the students, and this is not photography, this is merely transferring images of those passing by, and what is transferred is what remains, like how the prayer is transferred in the two Holy Mosques. This is not photography; this is a mere transfer, and what is transferred is what continues.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2286 -2802] حكم وضع كاميرات تصوير مراقبة في ممرات المدارس - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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