What is the ruling on keeping pictures?
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Question:
Some young people are circulating an old picture of Shaykh Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa’di (may Allah have mercy on him). Is there any guidance on this?
Answer:
We advise them to tear it up, to tear up this picture. It is not permissible to have a picture of Shaykh Ibn Sa’di or anyone else, nor of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, nor Ibn Baz, nor anyone else. Make du'a for them and seek forgiveness for them. As for carrying their pictures, this is haram (forbidden). This does not benefit them in any way. It does not benefit the dead, nor does it benefit the living. It is a disobedience to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Tear up these pictures. Pictures of scholars specifically are dangerous because people may attach themselves to them and seek blessing from them. Do not consider this unlikely, for the ignorant do everything.
Some young people are circulating an old picture of Shaykh Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa’di (may Allah have mercy on him). Is there any guidance on this?
Answer:
We advise them to tear it up, to tear up this picture. It is not permissible to have a picture of Shaykh Ibn Sa’di or anyone else, nor of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, nor Ibn Baz, nor anyone else. Make du'a for them and seek forgiveness for them. As for carrying their pictures, this is haram (forbidden). This does not benefit them in any way. It does not benefit the dead, nor does it benefit the living. It is a disobedience to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Tear up these pictures. Pictures of scholars specifically are dangerous because people may attach themselves to them and seek blessing from them. Do not consider this unlikely, for the ignorant do everything.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم اقتناء الصور؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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