In some countries, a disbeliever enters the mosque and takes pictures inside it. What is the ruling on this?
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The questioner : The mosque in some countries is known...
The Shaykh : What? Mosques? Yes.
The questioner : ...the disbelievers... they take pictures there...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ...they take pictures?
The Shaykh : Meaning, a disbeliever taking pictures of Muslims' mosques involves a distinction. If he intends to take these pictures to his country to mock Muslims and their conditions, that is forbidden. But if he goes to display them so that people know about Muslims' places of worship and that they are not like the churches of the Christians, then there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
The Shaykh : What? Mosques? Yes.
The questioner : ...the disbelievers... they take pictures there...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ...they take pictures?
The Shaykh : Meaning, a disbeliever taking pictures of Muslims' mosques involves a distinction. If he intends to take these pictures to his country to mock Muslims and their conditions, that is forbidden. But if he goes to display them so that people know about Muslims' places of worship and that they are not like the churches of the Christians, then there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.