The Ruling on Keeping Images of Living Beings
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Our brother asks and says: What is the ruling on keeping some pictures of dead people?
Answer: Pictures must be destroyed; I mean pictures of human beings or pictures of animals, meaning pictures of anything with a soul. It is not permissible to keep them; it is not permissible to keep these pictures, rather they must be destroyed. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Riyad as-Salihin 1687. He said this to 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), and likewise 'Ali instructed those after him, instructing Abu al-Hayyaj to do so.
And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 5362Sahih (Darussalam). When he saw a picture with 'A'ishah on a curtain of hers, he tore it and cut it, and said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 5362Sahih (Darussalam). If the pictures are on a cushion or on a carpet, and they are trampled upon, there is no harm; if they are trampled upon and despised, there is no harm. But a picture kept in the house for a person who died, or for children, or for a wife, or for anything else, this is not permissible; rather it must be destroyed. Yes.
Answer: Pictures must be destroyed; I mean pictures of human beings or pictures of animals, meaning pictures of anything with a soul. It is not permissible to keep them; it is not permissible to keep these pictures, rather they must be destroyed. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Spare no portrait unwiped out
لا تدع صورة إلا طمستهاAnd he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The makers of these images will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them: 'Bring to life that which you have created.'
إن أصحاب هذه الصور يعذبون يوم القيامة ويقال لهم: أحيوا ما خلقتمThe makers of these images will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them: "Bring to life what you created." 'A'ishah said: So we made two cushions from them, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used them.
إن أصحاب هذه الصور يعذبون يوم القيامة ويقال لهم: أحيوا ما خلقتم ، قالت عائشة: فاتخذنا منها وسادتين يرتفق بهما الرسول ﷺ
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