What is the ruling on video recording for other than need or remembrance?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. What is the ruling on video recording for need or for remembrance?
The Shaykh : A question off the subject.
The questioner : A shaykh of the images passed by with us.
The Shaykh : What images? Those of the buried ones in the graves that were built on...
The questioner : One of them came to us and asked this question...
The Shaykh : So did the occasion arise?
The questioner : So the occasion arose.
The Shaykh : Now, we see that video recording is not actually image-making, because the tape on which the image is recorded contains no image at all; rather, it consists of bumps and tones that produce the images when they pass over a specific part of the television device. However, we do not see that a person should record for the sake of remembrance or for other than benefit or need. Why? Because if he does so, he may waste a great deal of time watching this remembrance and also waste money.
The Shaykh : A question off the subject.
The questioner : A shaykh of the images passed by with us.
The Shaykh : What images? Those of the buried ones in the graves that were built on...
The questioner : One of them came to us and asked this question...
The Shaykh : So did the occasion arise?
The questioner : So the occasion arose.
The Shaykh : Now, we see that video recording is not actually image-making, because the tape on which the image is recorded contains no image at all; rather, it consists of bumps and tones that produce the images when they pass over a specific part of the television device. However, we do not see that a person should record for the sake of remembrance or for other than benefit or need. Why? Because if he does so, he may waste a great deal of time watching this remembrance and also waste money.