The people who will be most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection are those who compete with the creation of Allah. If photographic images do not involve competing with the creation of Allah
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The questioner : The third question: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said in a hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) in al-Bukhari: Sunan an-Nasa'i 5356Sahih (Darussalam). Some people say that the evidence for the prohibition of image-making and the cursing of image-makers is competing with the creation of Allah, as in this hadith. Based on this, photographic imaging with a camera might be considered valid because there is no
The Shaykh : competing with the creation.
The questioner : So, photographic images do not involve competing with the creation of Allah; rather, they are a transfer of it and a capture of its reality. Can we say that, meaning: that imaging with a machine is permissible? With the added condition that it does not include a forbidden matter, such as photographing a non-mahram woman, or keeping it as a memento, considering another cause in the methodology of images, which is the exaltation of their owners and exaggeration regarding them?
The Shaykh : It is not possible to say that except according to the school of the modern Zahiris, their claim that there is no competing in photographic imaging, and let us say, in mechanical transfer. Where did this negation come from, and where was it established in manual imaging? Where did the establishment of competing in manual imaging come from, and the negation of competing in mechanical imaging, when both of them are manual, if they had paid attention and not been negligent?! This machine by which people photograph a person today in a single moment, by pressing this button, if you left this machine like this and the photographer did not press this button, it would not have photographed. So, did this machine photograph by itself or by this photographer? By this photographer, without a doubt. This is not open to discussion. But before that, people did not reach this machine except after the passage of very long years and very long indeed—and peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings, what did you smell?
The questioner: Yes, by Allah.
The Shaykh : Welcome, and upon you be peace and Allah's mercy and blessings, yes, that is right.
The questioner : How are you, our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I am well.
The student : What did we hear, a little bit of that noise like that over there?
The Shaykh : By Allah, we, if not for these two brothers who are going to travel now, we would have postponed them as we postponed others, as you know.
The questioner : By Allah, I said that, meaning.
Another questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : But our brothers are on a journey, we wanted to give them something, one or two or three days, as we did with the master here or the master.
The questioner : The mullah.
The Shaykh : The mullah, is this person Turkish or Kurdish, this title, do you know?
The questioner : By Allah, he is a non-Arab.
The Shaykh : A non-Arab means broader than this ratio, he might be Turkish, he might be Kurdish.
The questioner : By Allah, he is Persian.
The Shaykh : Persian, this is him, so we apologized to the brother, meaning.
The people who will be most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection will be those who try to match the creation of Allah.
أشدُّ الناس عذابًا يوم القيامة الذين يضاهون بخلق اللهThe Shaykh : competing with the creation.
The questioner : So, photographic images do not involve competing with the creation of Allah; rather, they are a transfer of it and a capture of its reality. Can we say that, meaning: that imaging with a machine is permissible? With the added condition that it does not include a forbidden matter, such as photographing a non-mahram woman, or keeping it as a memento, considering another cause in the methodology of images, which is the exaltation of their owners and exaggeration regarding them?
The Shaykh : It is not possible to say that except according to the school of the modern Zahiris, their claim that there is no competing in photographic imaging, and let us say, in mechanical transfer. Where did this negation come from, and where was it established in manual imaging? Where did the establishment of competing in manual imaging come from, and the negation of competing in mechanical imaging, when both of them are manual, if they had paid attention and not been negligent?! This machine by which people photograph a person today in a single moment, by pressing this button, if you left this machine like this and the photographer did not press this button, it would not have photographed. So, did this machine photograph by itself or by this photographer? By this photographer, without a doubt. This is not open to discussion. But before that, people did not reach this machine except after the passage of very long years and very long indeed—and peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings, what did you smell?
The questioner: Yes, by Allah.
The Shaykh : Welcome, and upon you be peace and Allah's mercy and blessings, yes, that is right.
The questioner : How are you, our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I am well.
The student : What did we hear, a little bit of that noise like that over there?
The Shaykh : By Allah, we, if not for these two brothers who are going to travel now, we would have postponed them as we postponed others, as you know.
The questioner : By Allah, I said that, meaning.
Another questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : But our brothers are on a journey, we wanted to give them something, one or two or three days, as we did with the master here or the master.
The questioner : The mullah.
The Shaykh : The mullah, is this person Turkish or Kurdish, this title, do you know?
The questioner : By Allah, he is a non-Arab.
The Shaykh : A non-Arab means broader than this ratio, he might be Turkish, he might be Kurdish.
The questioner : By Allah, he is Persian.
The Shaykh : Persian, this is him, so we apologized to the brother, meaning.
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