What is the ruling on keeping pictures for remembrance?

Question:
My wife is insistent on looking at pictures of her deceased brother, and she constantly cries when she sees these pictures. What is the ruling on this?

Answer:
These pictures must be destroyed. They must be destroyed because it is not permissible to keep pictures for remembrance.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered their destruction and said, "Do not leave any picture except that you erase it." And when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered Aisha's room and there was a curtain with pictures hanging on it, he refused to enter until the curtain was torn down and the pictures were cut. Therefore, the pictures must be destroyed, and it is not permissible to keep them; because keeping them is a sin, and keeping forbidden pictures. If she loves her brother or her relative, she should pray for him, seek forgiveness for him, give charity on his behalf, perform Hajj on his behalf, and perform 'Umrah on his behalf. This is what benefits him. As for this picture of his, it harms the living and the dead; it is not permissible. Yes.