Is it forbidden to hang pictures of family members—such as a picture of a deceased grandmother—if the intention is to remember them and pray for them, and not to glorify them?

Scholarly opinions vary regarding the ruling on hanging photographic images, and many of them deem it impermissible, in order to block the means (sadd al-dhari'ah) that could lead to exalting and exaggerating the status of the people in them. They cite as evidence what happened with the people of Noah, peace be upon him. The desire not to forget the person in the image does not justify hanging it; rather, one can remember them and supplicate for them without doing so.

Regarding cutting off a part of the image, some scholars are of the view that the image is not impermissible if a part that is essential for life is removed (such as the head or the lower half). Others, however, hold that the ruling on the image does not change as long as the head remains, based on the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The image is the head."