The ruling on keeping pictures of children as mementos
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, I have pictures of my children that I want to keep so that I can show them to my wife’s family. A woman says: I have pictures of my children that I want to keep so that I can show the pictures to my wife’s family,
Answer:
And there is no minute in which you find pictures in our possession; you must hasten to destroy them because they are forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 3650Hasan (Darussalam) And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Ali: Riyad as-Salihin 1687 It is not permissible to keep pictures as mementos; they must be destroyed immediately.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, I have pictures of my children that I want to keep so that I can show them to my wife’s family. A woman says: I have pictures of my children that I want to keep so that I can show the pictures to my wife’s family,
Answer:
And there is no minute in which you find pictures in our possession; you must hasten to destroy them because they are forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.
ان الملائكه لا تدخل بيتا فيه كلب ولا صورهSpare no portrait unwiped out
لا تدع صوره الا طمستها
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 122 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الإقرار / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (40:23)
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