Images and Photography
385 questions
What is the ruling on playing electronic games that contain animated images of living beings, and does the prohibition of images in the hadiths apply only to statues, or does it include fixed and animated drawings, and is the reason for the prohibition related to imitating Allah's creation?
Is displaying video or still images on a computer or any electronic device considered photography, and what are the conditions for viewing these images if it is not photography, and can the names of scholars who permit and those who do not permit it be mentioned, along with their evidence?
What is the ruling on wearing clothes that have pictures on them?
What is the ruling on drawing people from behind?
Is a picture permissible if its face is erased?
What is the ruling on "photoshoots" that involve taking souvenir pictures of two or more people in public places and displaying them on social media?
What is the ruling on sitting in a room that contains pictures and statues of animals or of false deities?
Is it permissible to view pictures that are free of any evil—that is, for entertainment—according to those who deem photography impermissible, and how can this be reconciled with the levels of enjoining good and forbidding evil?
Is it permissible to draw imaginary beings such as ghosts and multi-eyed creatures, or beings with features different from humans?
What is the ruling on developing a smart social media application that contains humorous cartoon drawings for its promotion?
Are the forbidden statues those that are complete, or do they include the head or a part of the body, and is it permissible to gift them to a friend from among the People of the Book, or must they be disposed of by breaking them?
What is the ruling on photographing in schools with a "video camera" and a "digital camera" for the purpose of documenting work and submitting it to the education administration based on their request?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to prepare and create images of animate beings for printing and publication if his work is limited to that and he cannot change the nature of the work or the class he is assigned to?
Is it permissible to video record children in a Quran memorization kindergarten to spread benefit, while taking into consideration what is most virtuous and scrupulous?
Is it permissible for my wife to send her picture to her mother in Egypt to reassure her, knowing that she heard a fatwa prohibiting photography with cameras, and does this fall under the necessities that permit prohibitions?
What is the ruling on photography in educational programs for adults?
What is the ruling on taking pictures with a mobile phone camera and displaying images of living beings and cartoon characters on the phone screen?
Is it permissible to dress a child in clothes that have pictures of living beings on them?
What is the ruling on photographing employees in government departments for the purpose of issuing identification cards for security reasons?
Is it permissible to trim or alter the beard in a passport photo using Photoshop at the insistence of one's father? Is this considered altering creation? What is the ruling on this if there is an extreme necessity?
Is it permissible to wear clothes that contain images of living beings, whether they are apparent or hidden, large or very small and unnoticeable, and what is the ruling if they are children's clothes?
Is my sister's drawing of a girl Haram, given her statement that she is not imitating Allah's creation, and that a tree is a living being that grows and breathes, so there is no difference between it and a human?
What is the ruling on still photography and the ruling on keeping printed and digital photos, and does this fall under the prohibited forms of photography?
Is it forbidden for the questioner to adopt the permissibility of photography (and other issues)?