The Ruling on Photographing Pilgrims

The questioner : So that they may see the greatness of the worship of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, and that all these people entered these places.

The Shaykh : I hold that leaving it alone is better, but it is not forbidden. Because the display is not a duel. A duel with it, as for those who go to 'Arafah now and ride on the camel and duel with it, then he stands and takes a picture while he is standing on the camel at Mount 'Arafah, there is no doubt that this is not permissible.

The questioner : As for the.

The Shaykh : Full, but it is the making of images and collecting them that is forbidden. For this reason, the scholars distinguished between making images and using images.

The questioner : Did you not calculate it on the machine? Is the owner of the machine also not guided to the action?

The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt that he moved it, but this image was not made by his hand; he did not make it.

The questioner : And what about fighting with the Shaykh, for example, and fighting with his hand, no.

The Shaykh : There is no god but Allah, the sword cannot cut by itself, and this man did not waste the creation of Allah, he did not go to photograph the face like the photographing of Allah the Mighty and Majestic.

The questioner : Waleed.

The Shaykh : Therefore, if he were to make, for example, plastic or make iron in the shape of a face and body, meaning, then put dough or something similar in it until the image appeared, this is forbidden. Because you are the one who made this which resembles the creation of Allah.