The ruling on including images of reality in books about the signs of the Hour
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The questioner:
This is a set of questions. The questioner says: There are books that discuss the signs of the Hour, and they document this with images of reality. There are books that discuss the signs of the Hour, and they document this with images of the locations about which our noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us, in order to prove the facts and increase faith. What is your guidance, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing missing from the question.
The questioner:
There are books.
The Shaykh:
Yes, there are many books on the signs of the Hour, works on the signs of the Hour, such as *Al-Ish'ah fi Ashrat al-Sa'ah*, *Al-Idha'ah fi Ashrat al-Sa'ah*, *Al-Nihayah* by Ibn Kathir, and *Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah* regarding the signs of the Hour. Yes.
The questioner:
And they place in that book images of the locations about which our noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us, in order to prove these facts?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to alter the books. It is not permissible to alter them. They are left as they are, according to their text and their state. If he wants to do something, let him make it independent. Let him make it an independent commentary. He does not insert it with the original, so that it is understood to be from the words of the author or from the work of the author. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This is a set of questions. The questioner says: There are books that discuss the signs of the Hour, and they document this with images of reality. There are books that discuss the signs of the Hour, and they document this with images of the locations about which our noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us, in order to prove the facts and increase faith. What is your guidance, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh:
There is nothing missing from the question.
The questioner:
There are books.
The Shaykh:
Yes, there are many books on the signs of the Hour, works on the signs of the Hour, such as *Al-Ish'ah fi Ashrat al-Sa'ah*, *Al-Idha'ah fi Ashrat al-Sa'ah*, *Al-Nihayah* by Ibn Kathir, and *Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah* regarding the signs of the Hour. Yes.
The questioner:
And they place in that book images of the locations about which our noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us, in order to prove these facts?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to alter the books. It is not permissible to alter them. They are left as they are, according to their text and their state. If he wants to do something, let him make it independent. Let him make it an independent commentary. He does not insert it with the original, so that it is understood to be from the words of the author or from the work of the author. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
شرح أحاديث في الفتن والحوادث، تابع باب من أمارات الساعة 2 — islamhouse.com (45:06)
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