Is it permissible for a woman to obtain an ID card with a picture?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is a woman asking, and she says: I am a divorced woman, and I have a child who is a source of anxiety for me. Now they are requiring women, especially those like me, to obtain an ID card, and they will not deal with us without it, even though I do not want it because of the picture. What should I do?
Answer:
Do not make the card with the picture, do not do this, for this is a sin against Allah and His Messenger, and there are hadiths regarding it, so do not do this thing, and fear Allah,[At-Talaq 65:2-3], and the means of sustenance are many, praise be to Allah, and Allah has not left you to this state and this sin.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is a woman asking, and she says: I am a divorced woman, and I have a child who is a source of anxiety for me. Now they are requiring women, especially those like me, to obtain an ID card, and they will not deal with us without it, even though I do not want it because of the picture. What should I do?
Answer:
Do not make the card with the picture, do not do this, for this is a sin against Allah and His Messenger, and there are hadiths regarding it, so do not do this thing, and fear Allah,
And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز للمرأة أن تستخرج بطاقة بها صورة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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