Explaining that distinguishing in the ruling between photographic images and hand-drawn images is a ruse resembling the ruses of the Jews.
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The Shaykh : So who says this? The image is the image; it represents a specific person, whether it is drawn by hand or captured by a machine. It is known that this machine was made by hands, indeed by the hands that worked on this machine until it reached its current state. The image no longer requires developing or special treatment to appear; rather, immediately with a click and pressing the button, the image comes out. Who says that this image, which this person worked hard to bring to this level, so that he presses the button and the image comes out, is different? This is rigidity, and in my opinion—and I state this clearly and do not care—it resembles the ruses of the Jews. You all know the story of the Jews on the day of the Sabbath mentioned in the Qur'an, so there is no need to remind you of it. However, the caller obligates me to remind you of an authentic hadith that many people may not know, which is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): What does this authentic hadith mean? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The hadith refers to some verses of the Qur'an, such as His saying, the Exalted: [An-Nisa 4:160] From these good things that were made lawful for them before, before their transgression and their killing of the prophets without right, and their encroachment upon the rulings of Allah and their scheming against the Shari'ah of Allah, Allah forbade them the good things that had been made lawful for them before. From these good things are the fats that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned in this hadith: Sahih Muslim 1582a So what did they do? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The fat remained fat, but its form changed. It was in its natural form on the animal, then they made it into a form by melting it over a fire they lit underneath, and they put it in large vessels, so it flowed and took a flat surface. This fat did not cease to be fat; the only thing is that its form changed. So the Jews schemed to make this fat, which Allah had forbidden them, lawful by melting it and changing its form, and they made its buying, selling, and eating lawful. Thus, they also deserved the curse because of this ruse, in addition to their ruse of catching fish on the Sabbath by opening the channels.
So now, Muslims no longer need to use paper, pen, brush, paint, and colors, and the like, for the image now appears in a single moment. Some contemporary Zahiris said that this image is lawful because it was not drawn by hand but by a machine. The truth is that it was drawn by hand and by the machine together, and this machine is only the product of human making. So the image is one.
Allah has cursed the Jews. The fats were forbidden to them, so they melted them and then sold them and ate their price. And indeed, when Allah forbids the eating of something, He forbids its price.
لعن الله اليهود حرمت عليهم الشحوم فجملوها ثم باعوها وأكلوا أثمانها وإن الله إذا حرم أكل شيء حرم ثمنهAllah cursed the Jews—why?—He said: Because when Allah forbade them the fats
لعن الله اليهود -لم؟- قال: لأنهم لما حرم الله عليهم الشحومFor wrongdoing on the part of the Jews, We made unlawful for them [certain] good foods which had been lawful to them
فبظلم من الذين هادوا حرمنا عليهم طيبات أحلت لهمLet there be the curse of Allah upon the Jews that fat was declared forbidden for them
لعن الله اليهود حرمت عليهم الشحومThey melted them—that is, they melted them and changed their form—then they sold them and ate their price
فجملوها -أي ذوبوها وغيروا شكلها- ثم باعوها وأكلوا أثمانهاAnd when Allah forbids the consumption of something, He forbids its price.
وإن الله إذا حرم أكل شيء حرم ثمنهSo now, Muslims no longer need to use paper, pen, brush, paint, and colors, and the like, for the image now appears in a single moment. Some contemporary Zahiris said that this image is lawful because it was not drawn by hand but by a machine. The truth is that it was drawn by hand and by the machine together, and this machine is only the product of human making. So the image is one.