Ruling on video recordings / photography.Shaykh Muhammad ibn Hizaam
بســـم اللــه الرحــمــن الـرحـــيــم
▪️Ruling on video recordings / photography▪️
Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Hizaam -may Allaah preserve him- was asked the following question:
📩 Question:
The questioner says: What is the ruling on transmitting live images of animate beings through video recordings as some people argue that it's permissible seeing as there are live recordings transmitted of people during Hajj and so forth?
📝 Answer:
Transmitting (images) and utilisating these devices to capture images of people is no doubt a form of picture making, which is why anyone who sees these images will say this is a picture, no one will say it's an actual human being - rather it's a mere depiction of a real human being. Therefore the correct view of the scholars is that video recording is haraam, because it is included in the statement of the Prophet ﷺ:
((كُلُّ مُصَوِّرٍ فِي النَّارِ، يَجْعَلُ لَهُ، بِكُلِّ صُورَةٍ صَوَّرَهَا، نَفْسًا فَتُعَذِّبُهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ))
"Every picture maker will be in the Hellfire, and for every picture he made there will be a soul which will punish him in the Hellfire."
As well as the saying of the Prophet ﷺ in the Hadeeth of Abu Talha reported by Bukhaari and Muslim that:
((لاَ تَدْخُلُ المَلاَئِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَلاَ صُورَةٌ))
"The angels do not enter a house where there is a dog or a picture."
And likewise the saying of the Prophet ﷺ:
((إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ المُصَوِّرُونَ))
"The most severely punished people on the Day of Judgment will be the picture makers."
And these evidences are general; it includes images drawn by hand, statues, as well as images captured using a recording device or taken using a camera.
However, it's permissible for one to capture images of mountains, trees, rivers etc; images of things which do not possess a soul (i.e. Inanimate beings).
As for these images being transmitted of people during Hajj and so forth, then this cannot be used as an argument against Allaah's legislation. Firstly because it's the authorities that have decided to do that (not the legislation of Allaah), so this can't be used as an argument to contend with Allaah's laws. What's more, even if a scholar does this, it still won't make it permissible, because Allaah -The Mighty and Majestic- says:
﴿اتَّبِعُوا مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَلا تَتَّبِعُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ قَلِيلًا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ﴾
"Follow what has been sent down to you from your Lord, and do not take others as guardians besides Him. Little do you remember!"
And from the scholars who have issued a Fatwa on the impermissibililty of taking pictures /recordings of animate beings using these devices are Shaykh Albani -may Allaah have mercy on him- Shaykh Muqbil Al-waadi'ee -may Allaah have mercy on him- and Shaykh Fawzaan -may Allaah preserve him- and others, all of whom have given the verdict that these pictures/recordings are Haraam.
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Translated by:
Abu Ishaq Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ba-'Alawi
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Original Fatwa:
https://t.me/ibnhezam/1364
▪️Ruling on video recordings / photography▪️
Our Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Hizaam -may Allaah preserve him- was asked the following question:
📩 Question:
The questioner says: What is the ruling on transmitting live images of animate beings through video recordings as some people argue that it's permissible seeing as there are live recordings transmitted of people during Hajj and so forth?
📝 Answer:
Transmitting (images) and utilisating these devices to capture images of people is no doubt a form of picture making, which is why anyone who sees these images will say this is a picture, no one will say it's an actual human being - rather it's a mere depiction of a real human being. Therefore the correct view of the scholars is that video recording is haraam, because it is included in the statement of the Prophet ﷺ:
((كُلُّ مُصَوِّرٍ فِي النَّارِ، يَجْعَلُ لَهُ، بِكُلِّ صُورَةٍ صَوَّرَهَا، نَفْسًا فَتُعَذِّبُهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ))
"Every picture maker will be in the Hellfire, and for every picture he made there will be a soul which will punish him in the Hellfire."
As well as the saying of the Prophet ﷺ in the Hadeeth of Abu Talha reported by Bukhaari and Muslim that:
((لاَ تَدْخُلُ المَلاَئِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَلاَ صُورَةٌ))
"The angels do not enter a house where there is a dog or a picture."
And likewise the saying of the Prophet ﷺ:
((إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ المُصَوِّرُونَ))
"The most severely punished people on the Day of Judgment will be the picture makers."
And these evidences are general; it includes images drawn by hand, statues, as well as images captured using a recording device or taken using a camera.
However, it's permissible for one to capture images of mountains, trees, rivers etc; images of things which do not possess a soul (i.e. Inanimate beings).
As for these images being transmitted of people during Hajj and so forth, then this cannot be used as an argument against Allaah's legislation. Firstly because it's the authorities that have decided to do that (not the legislation of Allaah), so this can't be used as an argument to contend with Allaah's laws. What's more, even if a scholar does this, it still won't make it permissible, because Allaah -The Mighty and Majestic- says:
﴿اتَّبِعُوا مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَلا تَتَّبِعُوا مِنْ دُونِهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ قَلِيلًا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ﴾
"Follow what has been sent down to you from your Lord, and do not take others as guardians besides Him. Little do you remember!"
And from the scholars who have issued a Fatwa on the impermissibililty of taking pictures /recordings of animate beings using these devices are Shaykh Albani -may Allaah have mercy on him- Shaykh Muqbil Al-waadi'ee -may Allaah have mercy on him- and Shaykh Fawzaan -may Allaah preserve him- and others, all of whom have given the verdict that these pictures/recordings are Haraam.
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Translated by:
Abu Ishaq Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ba-'Alawi
Click the link to subscribe:
t.me/ibnhezamen
Original Fatwa:
https://t.me/ibnhezam/1364
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