What is the ruling on selling Islamic magazines that contain images?
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The questioner : Islamic magazines that contain images.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the ruling on selling Islamic magazines that contain images?
The Shaykh : Regarding Islamic magazines that contain images, it is part of perfect faith that a person does not make his magazine entirely images. There are well-known magazines, image magazines, and fashion magazines; it is not permissible to sell them, buy them, or possess them. As for magazines where the intent is the news and words within them, but there is, for example, a picture of the speaker, a picture of the writer, or a picture of a scene, these are not forbidden. However, is it permissible to possess them, or must the face of each person be blacked out? It appears that it is not obligatory to black out the face of each person because it is not intended. The person who buys, for example, a newspaper from the newspapers does not want the image at all. So there is a difference between magazines or newspapers prepared for photography and magazines prepared for other purposes but containing images. The first: it is forbidden to sell, buy, or possess them. The second: No, it is permissible.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the ruling on selling Islamic magazines that contain images?
The Shaykh : Regarding Islamic magazines that contain images, it is part of perfect faith that a person does not make his magazine entirely images. There are well-known magazines, image magazines, and fashion magazines; it is not permissible to sell them, buy them, or possess them. As for magazines where the intent is the news and words within them, but there is, for example, a picture of the speaker, a picture of the writer, or a picture of a scene, these are not forbidden. However, is it permissible to possess them, or must the face of each person be blacked out? It appears that it is not obligatory to black out the face of each person because it is not intended. The person who buys, for example, a newspaper from the newspapers does not want the image at all. So there is a difference between magazines or newspapers prepared for photography and magazines prepared for other purposes but containing images. The first: it is forbidden to sell, buy, or possess them. The second: No, it is permissible.