Images and Photography
385 questions
What is the ruling on making puppet theater dolls?
What is the ruling on photographing the body - without nudity - and is photography with a barrier between the body's details and the camera considered an act of disobedience if the model is male and his photography leads to the temptation of others?
Is it permissible for the visual artist and painter to draw people in their paintings that include natural and historical landscapes and alleyways, and what is the explanation of the noble Hadith: "The most severely punished people on the Day of Resurrection will be the image-makers "?
What is the ruling on taking pictures of myself with my phone for memories?
Is it permissible to draw anime as a hobby, and is it considered purposeful if it is social while adhering to Sharia constraints?
What is the ruling on drawing animate beings with covered features, such as drawing the eye with glasses and covering the mouth and nose, or drawing animate beings without legs or with half a body, while the facial features are visible?
Does one sin if unable to delete personal photos and photos of friends from an image hosting site due to forgetting the password, and what should one do?
What is the ruling on drawing cartoons and anime merely for entertainment, and is it permissible with the intention of not imitating Allah’s creation, taking into account the hadith: "Actions are but by intentions," or is it obligatory to completely or partially efface certain features?
What is the ruling on working in the field of television photography if it is currently the only available source of livelihood?
What is the ruling on inferring an image of Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) from an ancient painting and citing Quranic verses as evidence for it? And what is the ruling on inferring images of prophets and companions by adducing evidence, relics, inferences, archaeological studies, and descriptions mentioned in some hadiths and verses?
Is it permissible to draw without a neck, or to draw a figure wearing a head covering that conceals the neck, or to draw a veiled girl whose head covering conceals the point where the neck separates from the head, or to draw poses or clothing in which the separation between the head and the body is not visible?
What is the ruling on a woman going for a photoshoot with a female photographer, knowing that the studio is specifically for niqabis and the entire staff is female?
What is the ruling on entering hair styling websites and downloading pictures from them to choose a hairstyle, then editing the pictures by erasing the facial features and keeping only the hairstyle, and saving it on the device?
What is the ruling on designing images of animate beings, sometimes with facial features blurred, or showing a part of the body without the head, or with indistinct features? And does the ruling change if the features are clear and expressive of sadness?
Can the testimony of neighbors who eavesdrop on a private conversation inside a home be accepted, and can photos or video clips taken inside the home be accepted as evidence in court?
Is drawing the head of an animal on a human body among the forbidden acts?
What is the ruling on photographing a veiled bride by a woman, with the photos kept in an album and not displayed publicly?
What is the ruling on drawing a masked person, knowing that drawing a face is permissible and that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "The image is the head"?
Will a person be held accountable for copying or playing video games that contain images of animate beings, given that these images are separate limbs that connect when the game is launched, and that the sole purpose of playing is entertainment?
Is it permissible for a woman to have her picture taken by her husband, or a mahram, or her mother, or her sister, with a phone camera out of necessity, and then have the picture printed immediately and deleted from the device, in order to avoid men seeing her image, or does this reach the level of being obligatory?
Is photographing oneself with the Statue of Liberty and posting the pictures on public sites considered an invitation to disbelief (kufr) and its propagation, even if they do not believe in the Greek gods? What is the most extreme description of this act, and is the doer sinful or does he commit an act of disbelief (kufr)?
Is drawing paintings that depict historical Islamic scenes containing people or horses considered unlawful (haram), and if so, why does its ruling differ from watching historical series on television?
Does displaying a personal photo on a Messenger profile prevent angels from entering the house, and does this fall under matters of al-Wala' wal-Bara' (loyalty and disavowal)?
Is it permissible to design Islamic anime while practicing and imitating the works of professionals, provided that nothing that violates Islamic law is drawn?