Ruling on Buying Books Containing Images
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Some scholarly books contain some images. What is the ruling on selling these books?
Books containing images are divided into two categories: There is a category dedicated to images, such as what is now called the Burdah magazine. It is not permissible to buy or possess these; because the primary and ultimate purpose of them is the images. There is another category where the images are not the intent, but the benefit is, though they may contain an image of the person who wrote the article. There is no harm in possessing these; because avoiding them is difficult, and going through all of them to black out the faces is also difficult. Selling them is permissible; because whenever their use is permissible, their sale is permissible.
As for if they are images of women, the matter is as I said: Do you buy it for the sake of the image? It depends on the intention.
Books containing images are divided into two categories: There is a category dedicated to images, such as what is now called the Burdah magazine. It is not permissible to buy or possess these; because the primary and ultimate purpose of them is the images. There is another category where the images are not the intent, but the benefit is, though they may contain an image of the person who wrote the article. There is no harm in possessing these; because avoiding them is difficult, and going through all of them to black out the faces is also difficult. Selling them is permissible; because whenever their use is permissible, their sale is permissible.
As for if they are images of women, the matter is as I said: Do you buy it for the sake of the image? It depends on the intention.