What is the ruling on keeping pictures for remembrance?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you.
The questioner : If you please, I have a question outside the scope of Hajj, but it is very important. I have a question outside the scope of Hajj, but it is very important.
The Shaykh : If it is outside the scope of Hajj, I will postpone it for later, if Allah wills.
The questioner : But it is very important, I mean. Very important.
The Shaykh : All right.
The questioner : It reached me from one of the sisters, it reached me from one of the sisters, that she asked Your Eminence.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : About the ruling on image-making and the ruling on keeping them for remembrance, and you answered her that this is permissible and there is nothing wrong with it. So, Your Eminence, will you clarify the ruling on image-making for her?
The Shaykh : This is not authentic.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Keeping pictures for remembrance. Yes. Yes.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : It is forbidden and not permissible.
The questioner : With the evidence, if you please.
The Shaykh : The evidence is that it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he saidSunan Abi Dawud 4155Sahih (Al-Albani) Surah. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : So it is not permissible for a person to keep pictures for remembrance or to put them on the wall, for example, to hang them on the wall or to put them in an album; all of this is forbidden and not permissible.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. Okay.
The Shaykh : Did you understand?
The questioner : Yes, indeed, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you.
The questioner : If you please, I have a question outside the scope of Hajj, but it is very important. I have a question outside the scope of Hajj, but it is very important.
The Shaykh : If it is outside the scope of Hajj, I will postpone it for later, if Allah wills.
The questioner : But it is very important, I mean. Very important.
The Shaykh : All right.
The questioner : It reached me from one of the sisters, it reached me from one of the sisters, that she asked Your Eminence.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : About the ruling on image-making and the ruling on keeping them for remembrance, and you answered her that this is permissible and there is nothing wrong with it. So, Your Eminence, will you clarify the ruling on image-making for her?
The Shaykh : This is not authentic.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Keeping pictures for remembrance. Yes. Yes.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : It is forbidden and not permissible.
The questioner : With the evidence, if you please.
The Shaykh : The evidence is that it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said
The angels do not enter the house which
إن الملائكة لا تدخل بيتا فيهThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : So it is not permissible for a person to keep pictures for remembrance or to put them on the wall, for example, to hang them on the wall or to put them in an album; all of this is forbidden and not permissible.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. Okay.
The Shaykh : Did you understand?
The questioner : Yes, indeed, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace.
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