Image-making of a human being from behind
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Regarding image-making of a human being from the back of the head, what is your opinion, O Shaykh?
For what purpose?The questioner: Some people, O Shaykh, take pictures for the sake of remembrance.
The Shaykh: Remembrance? Not from the back of the head? Do you remember him from the back of the head?The questioner: No, O Shaykh! May Allah reward you. In some travels, O Shaykh! A person is traveling and takes a picture for the sake of remembrance.
The Shaykh: No, my brother, this is not permissible. How is this? I do not consider this acceptable. If you take a picture of a person from behind, you do not know who it is.
The questioner: This was found, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: I consider it foolishness, and we do not issue a ruling on anything that is foolishness. And if it is found, it is not a picture.Meaning: This is like a shadow, like a person walking in the sun who has a shadow.
For what purpose?The questioner: Some people, O Shaykh, take pictures for the sake of remembrance.
The Shaykh: Remembrance? Not from the back of the head? Do you remember him from the back of the head?The questioner: No, O Shaykh! May Allah reward you. In some travels, O Shaykh! A person is traveling and takes a picture for the sake of remembrance.
The Shaykh: No, my brother, this is not permissible. How is this? I do not consider this acceptable. If you take a picture of a person from behind, you do not know who it is.
The questioner: This was found, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: I consider it foolishness, and we do not issue a ruling on anything that is foolishness. And if it is found, it is not a picture.Meaning: This is like a shadow, like a person walking in the sun who has a shadow.