Rulings on Image-Making.
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The Shaykh : Whoever makes an image will be required to breathe life into it on the Day of Resurrection, and he will not be able to do so. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, regarding the Lord of the Worlds: Sahih al-Bukhari 5953 This is a matter of punishment for image-makers, so image-making is not permissible in any form. Likewise, it is not permissible to possess images, as we mentioned earlier regarding his (peace and blessings be upon him) statement: Sunan Abi Dawud 4231Hasan (Al-Albani) This is the second question.
The questioner: Okay, the one who takes pictures, meaning he does not intend that he... video.
The Shaykh : I said, I said earlier, this expansion, this expansion is not praiseworthy and is not prescribed. Taking some pictures that are beneficial and fulfill a need, and there is no harm in them from an ethical or creedal perspective, is permissible by analogy to the play of the Lady Aisha, and I think you know her hadiths. But I emphasized that the expansion we see today is undoubtedly not permissible in the Shari'ah. Then I added that it is not permissible to take pictures, nor is it permissible to possess them. And these schoolbooks and scientific magazines and the like that are filled with pictures, if there is a scientific benefit in possessing them, there is no harm in that, but they must be folded and not left visible. Yes, here is the third question on this sheet.
Who would be more unjust than the one who tries to create the like of My creatures? Let them create a grain: let them create a gnat.
ومن أظلم ممن ذهب يخلق كخلقي فليخلقوا حبة فليخلقوا شعيرة فليخلقوا ذرةThe angels do not enter a house in which there is a bell.
لا تدخل الملائكة بيتا في صورة أو كلبThe questioner: Okay, the one who takes pictures, meaning he does not intend that he... video.
The Shaykh : I said, I said earlier, this expansion, this expansion is not praiseworthy and is not prescribed. Taking some pictures that are beneficial and fulfill a need, and there is no harm in them from an ethical or creedal perspective, is permissible by analogy to the play of the Lady Aisha, and I think you know her hadiths. But I emphasized that the expansion we see today is undoubtedly not permissible in the Shari'ah. Then I added that it is not permissible to take pictures, nor is it permissible to possess them. And these schoolbooks and scientific magazines and the like that are filled with pictures, if there is a scientific benefit in possessing them, there is no harm in that, but they must be folded and not left visible. Yes, here is the third question on this sheet.