What is the ruling on photographing a woman without hijab for the purpose of a passport?

Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: We are in a country where the administration requires a woman to submit a photo without hijab to obtain a passport. What should a woman do who wants to perform the obligatory Hajj or 'Umrah, or travel abroad for medical treatment? Please issue a ruling, may Allah bless you.

Answer:
This is a calamity, a very great calamity. That is, photographing a woman, specifically her face, is a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). People circulate it and look at her face and her beauty. They may even make copies of this photo and distribute them to the wicked. And she is not photographed except after removing her hijab. There are dangers in this, there are dangers in this. It is not permissible to photograph a woman, neither for an ID card nor for a passport nor for anything else, because it involves fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) and evil, in addition to the prohibition, curse, and anger associated with image-making, about which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us. Yes.