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What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding how the owner of a photography studio should act when he learns of the impermissibility of photography with his equipment, in order to avoid loss? And is selling this equipment to a Muslim considered assisting in sin? And what is the ruling on benefiting from the earnings resulting from this work?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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It is permissible to photograph and sell inanimate objects, such as natural landscapes and cars. It is forbidden to photograph living beings except out of necessity, such as photographing for identification. It is permissible to sell photography equipment, similar to selling weapons; the sin lies with whoever uses them for unlawful purposes, unless the seller knows the buyer's bad intention, in which case he should not sell to him. The money earned from photography is permissible, except for that which comes from photographing living beings, in which case its value must be given in charity to the poor.

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