Publishing the Shaykh's picture in a magazine without his knowledge
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, an article of yours appeared in this magazine, and your picture was placed in it. Does that mean you permit photography?
The Shaykh:
I did not know about this article. I do not know who took it, and I did not give them a picture. I do not have a picture. They snatched it from me while I was walking, and they started putting it in the newspapers.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
This is theft.
The questioner:
Or plunder, yes.
The Shaykh:
They are scrupulous about photographing Shaykh Ibn Baz, who embarrasses them and warns against publishing his picture, yet they are not scrupulous about me or anyone else, yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, an article of yours appeared in this magazine, and your picture was placed in it. Does that mean you permit photography?
The Shaykh:
I did not know about this article. I do not know who took it, and I did not give them a picture. I do not have a picture. They snatched it from me while I was walking, and they started putting it in the newspapers.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
This is theft.
The questioner:
Or plunder, yes.
The Shaykh:
They are scrupulous about photographing Shaykh Ibn Baz, who embarrasses them and warns against publishing his picture, yet they are not scrupulous about me or anyone else, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/115 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (56:49)
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