What is the criterion for the dire necessity that permits carrying photographic images?
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The questioner : You mentioned, O honorable Shaykh, in the previous session that it is permissible to carry images out of dire necessity, so could you clarify the criterion for dire necessity?
The Shaykh : Yes, dire necessity is like when the images are on the currency, on the dirhams, yes, or when the images are in the identity document that a person must carry, or in the driver's license; these are among the necessities.
The questioner : But, Shaykh, the one praying can do without them.
The Shaykh : Perhaps he is praying next to you in the prayer until you drop the dirhams.
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I say: I would like to pray next to you in the prayer so that you drop the dirhams on the ground and they become my share, if Allah wills.
The questioner : For example, he puts them in the car.
The Shaykh : My brother, in any case, a person might forget them, and the image in the identity document is also not a complete image, as I think. Is it a complete image?
It is not a complete image, and a person does not care about this image, nor does he feel any reverence for it. Even the images on the currency, which are images of kings, a person does not feel that he reveres this image at all. There is nothing wrong with it, if Allah wills. Absolutely not, if Allah wills. Carry them constantly, and may you be well, by the permission of Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes, dire necessity is like when the images are on the currency, on the dirhams, yes, or when the images are in the identity document that a person must carry, or in the driver's license; these are among the necessities.
The questioner : But, Shaykh, the one praying can do without them.
The Shaykh : Perhaps he is praying next to you in the prayer until you drop the dirhams.
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I say: I would like to pray next to you in the prayer so that you drop the dirhams on the ground and they become my share, if Allah wills.
The questioner : For example, he puts them in the car.
The Shaykh : My brother, in any case, a person might forget them, and the image in the identity document is also not a complete image, as I think. Is it a complete image?
It is not a complete image, and a person does not care about this image, nor does he feel any reverence for it. Even the images on the currency, which are images of kings, a person does not feel that he reveres this image at all. There is nothing wrong with it, if Allah wills. Absolutely not, if Allah wills. Carry them constantly, and may you be well, by the permission of Allah.