Advice to the authorities of the Two Holy Mosques regarding the prohibition of photography inside the Haram
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Question:
He says: Is there any advice for those responsible for the affairs of the Two Holy Mosques to guide the people and prevent photography, which has become a phenomenon inside the Haram?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for the authorities, the body of the Haram, and the soldiers entrusted with the affairs of the Haram to cooperate in preventing this bad, forbidden phenomenon, which is photography in al-Masjid al-Haram. This is a great sin. The people are praying, performing tawaf, and worshipping, while these people are taking pictures. We ask Allah for safety. They incur the curse, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the image-makers and informed that they are the most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection. So they earn sins instead of earning the reward of their presence in the Haram through prayer and worship. Why do they commit sins and photography? Photography is a major sin among the major sins. How does a person do it at the House of Allah in the Haram? Yes.
He says: Is there any advice for those responsible for the affairs of the Two Holy Mosques to guide the people and prevent photography, which has become a phenomenon inside the Haram?
Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory for the authorities, the body of the Haram, and the soldiers entrusted with the affairs of the Haram to cooperate in preventing this bad, forbidden phenomenon, which is photography in al-Masjid al-Haram. This is a great sin. The people are praying, performing tawaf, and worshipping, while these people are taking pictures. We ask Allah for safety. They incur the curse, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the image-makers and informed that they are the most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection. So they earn sins instead of earning the reward of their presence in the Haram through prayer and worship. Why do they commit sins and photography? Photography is a major sin among the major sins. How does a person do it at the House of Allah in the Haram? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 12 من 27|دروس التفسير في الحرم المكي|تفسير سورة آل عمران|093-099|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (46:46)
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