The Ruling on Taking Pictures with Cats
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The questioner:
He says: Taking pictures with cats has become a trend among some people, imitating the West. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
How do you take pictures with cats? Taking pictures is not permissible. As for cats, I do not know what is meant.
The questioner:
You take pictures with them as a fashion, O Shaykh. A fashion where they take pictures with them. How? They take pictures with cats as a fashion, meaning.
The Shaykh:
Explain this matter to me, what is it?
The questioner:
By Allah, I do not know what it is. Huh? Pictures?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible except out of necessity. Taking pictures is not permissible except out of necessity, not with cats, not with dogs, not with wolves, and not with anything else. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
He says: Taking pictures with cats has become a trend among some people, imitating the West. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh:
How do you take pictures with cats? Taking pictures is not permissible. As for cats, I do not know what is meant.
The questioner:
You take pictures with them as a fashion, O Shaykh. A fashion where they take pictures with them. How? They take pictures with cats as a fashion, meaning.
The Shaykh:
Explain this matter to me, what is it?
The questioner:
By Allah, I do not know what it is. Huh? Pictures?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible except out of necessity. Taking pictures is not permissible except out of necessity, not with cats, not with dogs, not with wolves, and not with anything else. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 26 من 26/تعليق على كتاب تفسير آيات من القرآن الكريم/الهداية بمشيئة الله/صالح الفوزان/التفسير — youtube.com (53:40)
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