The expatriate husband requesting his wife to send him a picture via mobile phone
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on a husband asking his wife to send him a picture of herself via mobile phone, because he is an expatriate, he says?
The Shaykh:
Because he is
The questioner:
an expatriate, a traveler.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to take pictures, taking pictures of living beings, this is not permissible except out of dire necessity, and this is not a dire necessity, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on a husband asking his wife to send him a picture of herself via mobile phone, because he is an expatriate, he says?
The Shaykh:
Because he is
The questioner:
an expatriate, a traveler.
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to take pictures, taking pictures of living beings, this is not permissible except out of dire necessity, and this is not a dire necessity, yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب من علق الطلاق قبل النكاح — islamhouse.com (53:32)
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