Images and Photography
233 questions
What is the ruling on working in a photography studio that displays pictures of women, children, and landscapes on its facade, knowing that the purpose of the display is to show the accuracy of the photography, and the studio photographs documents and ordinary pictures?
What is the ruling on pictures stored on a computer that were taken before knowing about the prohibition of photography, and is it permissible to take video or still photographs and save them on a computer without printing them, and what is the ruling on taking pictures with scholars and celebrities for the purpose of remembrance?
What is the ruling on money earned from photography and making edits with a cracked Photoshop program?
Is it permissible to work in the distribution of newspapers and magazines that may contain forbidden images?
What is the ruling on a wife photographing brides and women in her husband's studio out of necessity?
Is it permissible in Islamic law to keep photographic images, whether of people or animals, for the purpose of remembrance, and why should the prohibition not be exclusive to three-dimensional objects that might lead to glorification and veneration?
What is the ruling on young men exchanging personal photos via chat programs?
What is the ruling on using emoticons found in Messenger or forums (such as a laughing face, which resembles cartoon characters)? Are they considered pictures or animate beings?
Is it permissible for a girl to work in a studio that relies on Photoshop to alter images, such as changing eye color, thinning eyebrows, or plumping the face and lips, knowing that she manages the shop with a man? And does the girl bear the sin of the studio owner viewing women's pictures for work purposes, after she advised him?
Is it unlawful to sell photographic images to entities that engage in usury or operate in forbidden fields, such as hotels?
What is the name of the mosque known as "The Messenger's Mosque" in Medina, and are there photographs available of it?
What is the ruling on photography, and does the sin fall only on the photographer? What is the ruling on a woman performing Tarawih prayers in a mosque where there are innovations? And what is the ruling on praying in a mosque built on usurped land?
What is the ruling on photography in the mosque?
Is it obligatory to return pictures of Pharaohs' statues to one's father, or to destroy them, knowing that they might be a trust or a gift, and the father might not dispose of them?
Is it permissible to attend a doctoral graduation ceremony in a Western country, wear the special attire (cap and gown), and be photographed in them for memorabilia, knowing that attendance is not necessary and the degree can be obtained without it?
What is the ruling on products that have pictures of complete or incomplete mythical creatures, and what is the ruling on buying them, and what is the ruling on these pictures?
Why do those who consider photography forbidden appear on television to issue a fatwa to that effect, knowing that the end does not justify the means?
What is the ruling on hanging frames of animated pictures in children's rooms, and what is the ruling on hanging frames in general?
Am I entitled to demand all my pictures in which I appear with my adornment and without a head covering from my husband's family, and if they do not give them to me, are they sinful and am I sinful?
Is drawing animate beings by hand, and children's TV series and games that include animate beings, and photographic images in newspapers and magazines, and religious satellite channels, considered among the forbidden forms of image-making?
Is it permissible for a woman to adorn herself for other women by wearing makeup, styling her hair, and revealing parts of her body at parties and weddings, and what is the ruling on those who believe in the obligation of covering the head, neck, and chest on these occasions?
Why do your fatwas tend to prohibit photography despite its permissibility according to most contemporary scholars, and why do your fatwas concerning magic and jinn entrench backwardness, stating that whoever denies the jinn possessing humans is rejecting what is found in the Qur’an and Sunnah, even though many scholars deny this and there are no definitive and conclusive texts proving it?
Is it permissible to draw and sell garments that are subject to contempt and contain images, and what is the reason for permitting their use if drawing and selling them is forbidden?
What is the ruling on photographing a bride in her wedding dress and saving the photos on a mobile phone or computer, knowing that the person taking the pictures is a committed sister or a commoner?