What is the ruling on displaying a person's name with their picture for the ideal employee at work?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: At our workplace, they put a person's name with their picture and hang it on the wall for the ideal employee. He says: What is the ruling on displaying these pictures?
The Shaykh:
Hanging pictures in the streets and hanging them in offices, this is from the trials (fitan). It is from Satan's whispering to the children of Adam. It is Satan's whispering to the children of Adam. Otherwise, what are the benefits of these pictures? I swear to you, what is the benefit of these pictures? It is only a clear, severe harm. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. When someone passes away.
The Shaykh:
They said: Placing the picture in the ID card, or in the driving license, or in necessary matters, is a need. We say: Yes, this is a need. There is no harm in necessity. But this extravagance in photography and its display has no need for it except for sin, a sin against the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: At our workplace, they put a person's name with their picture and hang it on the wall for the ideal employee. He says: What is the ruling on displaying these pictures?
The Shaykh:
Hanging pictures in the streets and hanging them in offices, this is from the trials (fitan). It is from Satan's whispering to the children of Adam. It is Satan's whispering to the children of Adam. Otherwise, what are the benefits of these pictures? I swear to you, what is the benefit of these pictures? It is only a clear, severe harm. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. When someone passes away.
The Shaykh:
They said: Placing the picture in the ID card, or in the driving license, or in necessary matters, is a need. We say: Yes, this is a need. There is no harm in necessity. But this extravagance in photography and its display has no need for it except for sin, a sin against the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2700- 4717] ما حكم تعليق اسم الشخص مع صورته للموظف المثالي في العمل؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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