The Ruling on Keeping Pictures in a Mobile Phone
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is keeping pictures in a mobile phone permissible, given that these pictures have no physical form?
Answer:
It is not permissible except for a valid purpose, such as the purpose of calling to Allah; that is fine. However, keeping them out of admiration for them, love for them, or the like of that is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is keeping pictures in a mobile phone permissible, given that these pictures have no physical form?
Answer:
It is not permissible except for a valid purpose, such as the purpose of calling to Allah; that is fine. However, keeping them out of admiration for them, love for them, or the like of that is not permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وتلاعب الشيطان بالمشركين في عبادة الأصنام له أسباب عديدة — islamhouse.com (56:08)
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