Is the one who transmits the images that come out of the camera, is his action forbidden?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The questioner : The one who transmits an image in a camera or something similar to it, is his action forbidden or not?
The Shaykh : If he transmits them out of necessity or need, there is nothing wrong with it. Necessity, for example, is money. Money now has images of kings on it, but did we choose that?
Answer: No.
But we are compelled to this. What can we do with our money? It is necessary that a person transmits it. People in the past carried money with images of non-Muslims on it, and those were three-dimensional images. They carried the French riyal, and the French riyal had a three-dimensional image of the King of Sweden that you could touch with your hand, and on the back of it was an image of a bird. They carried the British pound, and on it was an image of George, the King of the English, and on the other side was a horse with a rider on it. Yes, and they touch it, but what can people do?
Need, for example, is when a person carries his personal identification card in order to prove his identity if the need arises. This is permissible.
As for carrying an image with the intention of keeping it as a memento, like a picture of a friend or something similar to this, this is not permissible.
And my saying "with the intention" is a precaution against what is found in some newspapers of images that are not intended. That is, the one who reads the newspaper did not intend the image and does not want it. There is nothing wrong with carrying it because it is not intended. Yes.
But if someone says: I want to cut out the image only and put it in my wallet, is that permissible or not?
No, because in that case it is intended. Yes.
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The questioner : The one who transmits an image in a camera or something similar to it, is his action forbidden or not?
The Shaykh : If he transmits them out of necessity or need, there is nothing wrong with it. Necessity, for example, is money. Money now has images of kings on it, but did we choose that?
Answer: No.
But we are compelled to this. What can we do with our money? It is necessary that a person transmits it. People in the past carried money with images of non-Muslims on it, and those were three-dimensional images. They carried the French riyal, and the French riyal had a three-dimensional image of the King of Sweden that you could touch with your hand, and on the back of it was an image of a bird. They carried the British pound, and on it was an image of George, the King of the English, and on the other side was a horse with a rider on it. Yes, and they touch it, but what can people do?
Need, for example, is when a person carries his personal identification card in order to prove his identity if the need arises. This is permissible.
As for carrying an image with the intention of keeping it as a memento, like a picture of a friend or something similar to this, this is not permissible.
And my saying "with the intention" is a precaution against what is found in some newspapers of images that are not intended. That is, the one who reads the newspaper did not intend the image and does not want it. There is nothing wrong with carrying it because it is not intended. Yes.
But if someone says: I want to cut out the image only and put it in my wallet, is that permissible or not?
No, because in that case it is intended. Yes.