Does Shaykh Al-Albani permit being photographed so that the picture serves as an identification of him for Muslims who have not seen him?
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The questioner: All right, the question, the last question, my apologies.
The Shaykh: Where... you got the support.
The questioner: The last question, my apologies, Professor, do you allow me to take a picture of you.
The Shaykh : Heh.
The questioner: I want to show it in Turkey, our Professor, we know you, meaning from your very valuable writings and...
The Shaykh: If you want.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: To share with you in the sin.
The questioner: Hehehe.
The student: My Shaykh... the next one, if Allah wills...
The Shaykh: You do not consider photography to be prohibited.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: When you know the hadiths of the Messenger (peace be upon him) that prohibit photography and keeping pictures.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: This is from one side, and from another side, in my opinion, you are...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And we do not know you, so you are translating yourself to us, and the people of Makkah know its valleys best.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And the owner of the house knows best what is in it. What we know about most of the lands of the non-Arabs, meaning the non-Arabs.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: What we know about most of the Arab lands is taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So have you moved from taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence) to ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) and understood from these Prophetic hadiths, which are certainly the words of the Messenger.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And are not among those reported by meaning, hmm, ahSahih Muslim 2110b , , , have you now exercised ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) in these preserved words transmitted from the Messenger (peace be upon him) in both word and meaning, and understood for them a meaning other than the meaning understood by our early jurists.
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: So how do you consider photography permissible? Ah, tell me how you consider photography permissible.
The questioner: Meaning, as a follower, Professor, meaning, hehe.
The Shaykh: No, for the one who follows.
The questioner : Not the jurists, of course.
The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The questioner: Hehehe.
The student: ... the next one is tomorrow with me, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The student: Coming to us is the Hummus kibbeh.
The Shaykh: Ah, hehe, it is healthy.
The Shaykh: Where... you got the support.
The questioner: The last question, my apologies, Professor, do you allow me to take a picture of you.
The Shaykh : Heh.
The questioner: I want to show it in Turkey, our Professor, we know you, meaning from your very valuable writings and...
The Shaykh: If you want.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: To share with you in the sin.
The questioner: Hehehe.
The student: My Shaykh... the next one, if Allah wills...
The Shaykh: You do not consider photography to be prohibited.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: When you know the hadiths of the Messenger (peace be upon him) that prohibit photography and keeping pictures.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: This is from one side, and from another side, in my opinion, you are...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And we do not know you, so you are translating yourself to us, and the people of Makkah know its valleys best.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And the owner of the house knows best what is in it. What we know about most of the lands of the non-Arabs, meaning the non-Arabs.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: What we know about most of the Arab lands is taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So have you moved from taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence) to ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) and understood from these Prophetic hadiths, which are certainly the words of the Messenger.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: And are not among those reported by meaning, hmm, ah
He who painted pictures in the world would be compelled to breathe soul in them on the Day of Resurrection, but he would not be able to breathe soul (in them).
مَن صوَّرَ صورةً كُلِّفَ أن ينفخ فيها الروح يوم القيامة ، وما هو بنافخٍThe most severely punished people on the Day of Resurrection will be the makers of pictures; they will be told: Give life to what you have created.
إنَّ أشد الناس عذابًا يوم القيامة المصوِّرون ؛ يُقال لهم : أحيُوا ما خلقتمMay Allah curse the makers of pictures.
لعن الله المصوِّرينThe questioner: No.
The Shaykh: So how do you consider photography permissible? Ah, tell me how you consider photography permissible.
The questioner: Meaning, as a follower, Professor, meaning, hehe.
The Shaykh: No, for the one who follows.
The questioner : Not the jurists, of course.
The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The questioner: Hehehe.
The student: ... the next one is tomorrow with me, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The student: Coming to us is the Hummus kibbeh.
The Shaykh: Ah, hehe, it is healthy.
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