Placing video cameras in school hallways
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The questioner:
What is the ruling on placing video cameras in the hallways of schools, where some school principals do this? Is there any harm in that?
The Shaykh:
What is the benefit of this? The intention is what matters. If the intention is photography, it is not permissible. But if the intention is to monitor the students and keep them in check, and this is not photography—this is merely transmitting the images of those passing by, and it disappears rather than being recorded, like the transmission of the prayer in the two Holy Mosques—this is not photography; it is a mere transmission that disappears and does not remain. Yes.
What is the ruling on placing video cameras in the hallways of schools, where some school principals do this? Is there any harm in that?
The Shaykh:
What is the benefit of this? The intention is what matters. If the intention is photography, it is not permissible. But if the intention is to monitor the students and keep them in check, and this is not photography—this is merely transmitting the images of those passing by, and it disappears rather than being recorded, like the transmission of the prayer in the two Holy Mosques—this is not photography; it is a mere transmission that disappears and does not remain. Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، باب: كفارة القتل — islamhouse.com (1:09:52)
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