My father left behind pictures with the family, either on paper or on a video tape. If we keep them, will any of the sin associated with them be attributed to my father, even though he disliked them?

The questioner : After the father’s death, some pictures remained

The Shaykh : Yes

The questioner : that are photographic and concern him and some family members

The Shaykh : Yes

The questioner : and a television

The Shaykh : Yes

The questioner : So if they are left, will anything remain to his account, knowing that he disliked these things?

The Shaykh : Yes, he says: His father left behind pictures of him with the family, either on paper or on a video tape. If the heirs keep them, will any of the sin associated with them be attributed to the deceased, even though he disliked them?
Answer: As for the deceased, nothing is attributed to him as long as he disliked them. But it is attributed to them, and I inform them that they must burn them completely, because their preservation renews the memory of the deceased and the grief over him. And what a person should do is forget the calamity. Yes.

The questioner : The television is still in the house.

The Shaykh : No, I understood that it is a television picture.

The questioner : Both.

The Shaykh : Both?

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : No, there is no sin on him regarding the television as long as he disliked it. But why did he not prevent it during his lifetime?

The questioner : He was going to be sick. He said: If Allah wills, when I recover, meaning.

The Shaykh : When he recovers, he will remove it?

The questioner : If Allah wills.

The Shaykh : No, this is going to be... No doubt that there is a sin on him from it. Yes, from the oath.
Yes.