Images and Photography
385 questions
Is it permissible, in Islamic law, to create and sell portraits of people's faces using small pieces of plastic or laid out stones?
Are the cartoon images that are displayed unlawful (haram), and is it unlawful (haram) to attend a course to learn how to draw them?
Is it permissible to draw images of animate beings in important drawing examinations?
What is the ruling on masturbation when there is an urgent need, and on photographing the penis with a mobile phone, whether with lust or without it, or to check for pain in it, and on a man filming intercourse with his wife to enjoy the clip later?
What is the ruling on photographing men without facial features, such that the photograph is only from the neck down?
Is designing anime on Photoshop forbidden?
What is the ruling on swearing by "I swear by that which is unlawful that you will no longer take pictures with a mobile phone," and does this apply to mistaken photography, especially if the wife was menstruating at the time of taking the picture?
Is it forbidden to remain silent upon seeing a smoker in a public place, or is it recommended to advise him? Is advising a photographer obligatory or recommended? Is photography forbidden, necessitating denunciation? Is advising a man who shaves his beard obligatory or recommended? And is it true that refraining from enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong is disliked when witnessing something disliked, and forbidden when witnessing something forbidden?
Is it obligatory to cut up personal photos that were taken while I was committing a sin, along with their reminder of the sin?
Is drawing anime forbidden?
What is the ruling on drawing anime characters manually or electronically merely for entertainment, knowing that their most prominent features are large eyes and a simple nose?
Is keeping pictures of my deceased brother and watching his videos harmful to him, and what is the ruling on that?
What is the ruling on the the attached drawings, especially the last two drawings?
Is it permissible to work on a video game whose main character is a moving soccer ball with a foot and two hands, but without the features of eyes or a mouth?
What is the ruling on designing images and symbols that contain parts of a woman's body, such as only her hair, eyes, or nose, or her back showing her hair?
What is your opinion regarding the doctor's objection to your fatwa concerning Islamic currency, and his reliance on the sayings of Al-Maqrizi which mention that Umar ibn Al-Khattab and Uthman minted coins bearing images of Persian kings, and that Mu'awiyah minted dinars bearing his own image, and that Al-Hajjaj minted dirhams bearing Surat Al-Ikhlas and an image, and that the Companions only objected to the engraving that contained an image?
Is it permissible to draw an analogy between the feeling of rivalry in photography and the Imam's feeling of pride, and would an action be considered religiously forbidden based solely on intention?
What is the ruling on being photographed with a disbeliever—a disbelieving teacher?
What is the ruling on buying three-dimensional dolls that represent images of humans and animals for children?
What is the ruling on owning slippers in the shape of animals to warm the feet?
What is the ruling on publishing pictures of young girls in their full adornment on social media, establishing a studio for photographing girls, and using their pictures in advertisements, and what is the ruling on money earned from that?
Is it permissible to hang artistic paintings that depict faces only, and does that prevent angels from entering the place where they are hung, and if that is not permissible, is the one who made them sinful?
Is it permissible to keep pictures of the deceased in the house? And is there anything in the Sunnah of the Prophet that prohibits this?
What is the ruling on filming video games that include images of animate beings—such as football games—and publishing them on YouTube without music?