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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on recording a crime of zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) on video and using it as evidence

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him), if a crime of zina or something else is not recorded by months of video or by automatic camera dialogue, does it come to the frame of the accused and the months?

Answer:
It is not permissible to record it, nor is it permissible to spread it, and it is obligatory to destroy these tapes, because they spread immorality among the Muslims, and lying also enters into them. These tapes often contain lies and dubbing, which they call dubbing, so they are not reliable. It is obligatory to destroy them and put an end to them, and to punish those who spread them. It is never permissible to act upon them. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 83 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الحدود|باب حد الزنا|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:03)

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