What is the ruling on bringing a camera phone into the mosque and looking at images and videos of living beings on it?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on bringing a camera phone into the mosque and looking at images and videos of living beings on it?
Answer:
It is not permissible to use a phone that has a camera; because the camera is an image-making device, a device used for what is forbidden, which is image-making, and it is also used to bring in images, look at them, and cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) with them. So the camera is not permissible, especially in a phone; because it brings great fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) upon the Muslim. And there are many phones that do not have cameras, and praise be to Allah, and they serve the required purpose.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on bringing a camera phone into the mosque and looking at images and videos of living beings on it?
Answer:
It is not permissible to use a phone that has a camera; because the camera is an image-making device, a device used for what is forbidden, which is image-making, and it is also used to bring in images, look at them, and cause fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) with them. So the camera is not permissible, especially in a phone; because it brings great fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) upon the Muslim. And there are many phones that do not have cameras, and praise be to Allah, and they serve the required purpose.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [63 -2802] مَا حكم إدخال جوال الكاميرا في المسجد والتفرُّج على الصور والفيديو من ذوات الأرواح فيه؟ — youtube.com
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