Images and Photography
233 questions
Is traveling to Arab and Islamic countries for tourism or a change of scenery forbidden, as some sheikhs say, due to the obligation of photography and avoiding places of amusement found in these countries?
What is the ruling on selling cameras if their owner knows of the prohibition of photography, and is selling them to a Muslim considered assisting in sin, and what is the ruling on the money earned from that?
Is drawing or photographing living beings with a camera considered an act of polytheism (shirk)?
How can the rights of a girl who has been blackmailed and threatened with photos online by an unknown person who hacked her account and published her photos be protected, and what are the authorities that can be notified to solve this problem?
What is the ruling on working in the field of documentary filmmaking, and what are the regulations for photography and videography?
How can the existence of photographs of scholars who issued fatwas prohibiting photography be justified, especially since they do not object to the photographers who take their pictures?
What is the ruling on a secretary photographing visitors in the hospital, knowing that photography is forbidden?
What is the ruling on photographing a woman for her passport to travel with her husband for da'wah (inviting to Islam)?
What is the ruling on photography and placing pictures in the home, and what are the types of forbidden and permissible pictures?
What is the ruling on a niqabi woman posting pictures of herself with a man (bearded), holding his hand or resting her head on his shoulder on social media?
What are the legal texts that prohibit the depiction of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and the Companions?
What is the ruling on taking pictures with a computer camera and sending children's photos through it, and what is the ruling on one who is not convinced by the prohibition of photography?
Is it permissible for a wife to place her picture and her husband's picture in a necklace that she wears without showing it to anyone?
What is the reason for the prohibition of drawing living beings, and does this include nature and photography, and was this ruling specific to the time of Jahiliyyah, and what is the ruling on making purposeful comic books?
What is the ruling on using a camera for video communication with family in another country, knowing that the the image is slow and movement is unclear? Does this fall under the ruling of forbidden photography?
Is photography forbidden?
Is old black and white photographic imagery, which is not in the form of colored human creation, among the forbidden forms of imagery?
What is the ruling on selling, buying, and using video games that depict Allah's creation of humans and animals, and is their prohibition primarily due to the depiction of Allah's creation, rather than violence or wasting time?
Is it permissible to draw people using programs like Photoshop, given that they are not permanent like photographs that remain stored on the computer?
What is the ruling on attending mixed-gender weddings that include music, and is it permissible to take a group photo of male and female students for memory?
Is it permissible to learn and work with 3D animation of living beings and to make small statues of characters for the purpose of producing Islamic games and films to counter Western media?
What is the ruling on hanging photographic or hand-drawn (colored or uncolored) pictures of the homeowners in their house, and what is the ruling on video recording?
What is the ruling on naming photography shops and women's or men's clothing stores "Sayyidi and Sayyidati" (My Master and My Lady)?
What is the ruling on photographing natural landscapes with digital cameras and saving them on a computer, and what is the ruling if they include birds or animals?