Video recording?
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The Shaykh : No, no... and the photographic image, in terms of its definition; in terms of capturing this by hand and that by machine, what is the difference? There is no such phenomenon in Islam.
The questioner : This matter is a point of suspension.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : We say: there are now other things that do not involve recording, they involve live transmission; because... there are devices at the door when the house is very far away.
The Shaykh : Oh professor, I know, meaning it is like a mirror.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : A mirror?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And they used to argue with us that this image... is like a mirror, but this is fixed and that is fleeting; as soon as the person leaves the mirror, the image is gone; is not what you want to say exactly like the image in the mirror?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : So.
The questioner : I want to ask about the ruling on this... as well... .
The Shaykh : If it is like a mirror, you know the answer; but is it like a mirror?
The questioner : Yes, now at... .
The Shaykh : Video, my sir.
The questioner : ... video ... transferred to another new device... .
The Shaykh : I know it, my brother, I saw this in Belgium, and I did not know about it, it was the door of the consulate which... was moving from Belgium to another country, they did not allow entry, so there was an employee standing behind the door, and I saw him looking at a place, I asked what he was looking at? He said: he is checking the person knocking on the door, the person knocking on the door does not know what is inside, while the one behind the door checks the person knocking on the door, I know this, but this is like a mirror, when the person knocking leaves, the image he saw from behind the door disappears.
The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, now we were teaching at the university with this image, on screens.
The Shaykh : No problem, professor, I am with you in all of this as long as the image disappears, so I am with you, this is like a mirror, but the question was about video.
The questioner : It is video, the live transmission now... is video.
The Shaykh : But in transmission, some is stored and some disappears.
The questioner : No, this is not stored, but if... they wanted... they would do it.
The Shaykh : That is it, so when it is stored, what is the difference between these two images?
Another questioner : Why is it not stored?
The questioner : No.
Another questioner : The transmission... is stored, he did not say it is not stored.
The Shaykh : No, no, he did not say it is not stored.
The questioner : ... live broadcast ... internal without being saved.
The Shaykh : I am with you; but can it be stored?
The questioner : Yes; if they want.
The Shaykh : That is it, what is video; is it not this?
The questioner : The same matter is there, Shaykh, there is a camera that records if you want, ... now the owners of companies... the merchant sits in his office, and he has workers in such-and-such building, and workers there and there, so he has several devices to monitor his workers in all the...; these are means of transmission.
The Shaykh : Professor - may Allah reward you - there is no need for this detail, the detail is useful in the point of disagreement, but in a point where there is no disagreement, we say it is like the known mirror of old, this mirror is developed, we know that - for example - in many companies or what do they call it? They sell many goods in them?
The questioner : Supermarket.
The Shaykh : Supermarket, and in some countries as well, and even in some mosques they put this detector, there is a monitor who sees who is entering and who is leaving and so on, but when he leaves from here, the image goes, so this is a developed mirror; so this does not need research or argumentation; because it is not a point of disagreement, but when you say in answer to your question: can this image be stored or not? And re-shown to people or not? You said it is possible, okay; here is the research now; this which is possible and actually stored and is shown on television, and people see it in shapes and colors as if it is in front of them; these are fixed and moving images, they do not disappear with the disappearance of the person - for example - or the animal; what is the difference between these and the image, whether the first photographic one or now with one press? Is there a difference?
The questioner : What I understood now is that if it is saved, it moves to another ruling.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner : But if it is not saved, it is permissible.
The Shaykh : No, there is nothing wrong if it is not saved, glory to Allah! On the contrary, this is a machine that helps in detecting thieves and detecting such things, merchants and robbers and so on, but when it is stored, it becomes, as I said earlier, worse than the static image; because it is a moving image.
The questioner : Okay; there are for lectures...The student : It would be if they were... .
The Shaykh : You will hear the answer to this in the introduction to "The Hijab," the new edition - if Allah wills - .
The questioner : This matter is a point of suspension.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : We say: there are now other things that do not involve recording, they involve live transmission; because... there are devices at the door when the house is very far away.
The Shaykh : Oh professor, I know, meaning it is like a mirror.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : A mirror?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And they used to argue with us that this image... is like a mirror, but this is fixed and that is fleeting; as soon as the person leaves the mirror, the image is gone; is not what you want to say exactly like the image in the mirror?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : So.
The questioner : I want to ask about the ruling on this... as well... .
The Shaykh : If it is like a mirror, you know the answer; but is it like a mirror?
The questioner : Yes, now at... .
The Shaykh : Video, my sir.
The questioner : ... video ... transferred to another new device... .
The Shaykh : I know it, my brother, I saw this in Belgium, and I did not know about it, it was the door of the consulate which... was moving from Belgium to another country, they did not allow entry, so there was an employee standing behind the door, and I saw him looking at a place, I asked what he was looking at? He said: he is checking the person knocking on the door, the person knocking on the door does not know what is inside, while the one behind the door checks the person knocking on the door, I know this, but this is like a mirror, when the person knocking leaves, the image he saw from behind the door disappears.
The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, now we were teaching at the university with this image, on screens.
The Shaykh : No problem, professor, I am with you in all of this as long as the image disappears, so I am with you, this is like a mirror, but the question was about video.
The questioner : It is video, the live transmission now... is video.
The Shaykh : But in transmission, some is stored and some disappears.
The questioner : No, this is not stored, but if... they wanted... they would do it.
The Shaykh : That is it, so when it is stored, what is the difference between these two images?
Another questioner : Why is it not stored?
The questioner : No.
Another questioner : The transmission... is stored, he did not say it is not stored.
The Shaykh : No, no, he did not say it is not stored.
The questioner : ... live broadcast ... internal without being saved.
The Shaykh : I am with you; but can it be stored?
The questioner : Yes; if they want.
The Shaykh : That is it, what is video; is it not this?
The questioner : The same matter is there, Shaykh, there is a camera that records if you want, ... now the owners of companies... the merchant sits in his office, and he has workers in such-and-such building, and workers there and there, so he has several devices to monitor his workers in all the...; these are means of transmission.
The Shaykh : Professor - may Allah reward you - there is no need for this detail, the detail is useful in the point of disagreement, but in a point where there is no disagreement, we say it is like the known mirror of old, this mirror is developed, we know that - for example - in many companies or what do they call it? They sell many goods in them?
The questioner : Supermarket.
The Shaykh : Supermarket, and in some countries as well, and even in some mosques they put this detector, there is a monitor who sees who is entering and who is leaving and so on, but when he leaves from here, the image goes, so this is a developed mirror; so this does not need research or argumentation; because it is not a point of disagreement, but when you say in answer to your question: can this image be stored or not? And re-shown to people or not? You said it is possible, okay; here is the research now; this which is possible and actually stored and is shown on television, and people see it in shapes and colors as if it is in front of them; these are fixed and moving images, they do not disappear with the disappearance of the person - for example - or the animal; what is the difference between these and the image, whether the first photographic one or now with one press? Is there a difference?
The questioner : What I understood now is that if it is saved, it moves to another ruling.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner : But if it is not saved, it is permissible.
The Shaykh : No, there is nothing wrong if it is not saved, glory to Allah! On the contrary, this is a machine that helps in detecting thieves and detecting such things, merchants and robbers and so on, but when it is stored, it becomes, as I said earlier, worse than the static image; because it is a moving image.
The questioner : Okay; there are for lectures...The student : It would be if they were... .
The Shaykh : You will hear the answer to this in the introduction to "The Hijab," the new edition - if Allah wills - .
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