Publishing the images of scholars in newspapers and magazines
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The questioner:
We say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, this is being published for your Eminence.
The Shaykh:
I mentioned to you the necessary images.
The questioner:
This has become the most prominent to me, yes. And I contacted these newspapers and advised them, informing them that your Eminence is not pleased with this matter because he considers images forbidden in all their types except for the necessary ones. They replied that if the Shaykh were not pleased with it, he would have contacted them or written to them, and that the Shaykh’s opinion is contrary to that. So what is your view, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
Yes, I do not know about everything. This is their responsibility, and the sin is upon them. This image was taken of me by surprise; they took it from me while I was walking in a place. They photographed someone greater than me, who is Shaykh Ibn Baz, and they displayed his image while he is embarrassed and forbids it, and he writes to the newspapers that you should not display his image. And yet they display his image, but the sin is upon them, yes.
We say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, this is being published for your Eminence.
The Shaykh:
I mentioned to you the necessary images.
The questioner:
This has become the most prominent to me, yes. And I contacted these newspapers and advised them, informing them that your Eminence is not pleased with this matter because he considers images forbidden in all their types except for the necessary ones. They replied that if the Shaykh were not pleased with it, he would have contacted them or written to them, and that the Shaykh’s opinion is contrary to that. So what is your view, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
Yes, I do not know about everything. This is their responsibility, and the sin is upon them. This image was taken of me by surprise; they took it from me while I was walking in a place. They photographed someone greater than me, who is Shaykh Ibn Baz, and they displayed his image while he is embarrassed and forbids it, and he writes to the newspapers that you should not display his image. And yet they display his image, but the sin is upon them, yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب ما جاء في المصورين — islamhouse.com (58:11)
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