This questioner asks: What is the ruling on taking photographs with a camera and keeping these pictures for remembrance, especially of children?

Question:
May Allah reward you with good. And this questioner asks: What is the ruling on taking photographs with a camera, and keeping these pictures for remembrance, especially of children?

Answer:
It is not permissible to take photographs, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the painters and informed that they are the most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection. So it is not permissible to take photographs, nor is it permissible to keep pictures for memories, or to put them in museums or elsewhere. Angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him): "Do not leave a picture except that you erase it, and do not leave a raised grave except that you level it." So it is not permissible to keep pictures; rather, it is obligatory to destroy them, and they must not remain in houses. Yes.