What is the ruling on keeping photographic images that were taken with the fiancée on the engagement day?
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The pictures of the suitor with his fiancée must be blurred for the following reasons:
1. The suitor is a stranger to his fiancée before the marriage contract. Therefore, it is not permissible for them to be in seclusion (), shake hands, or take pictures together.
2. Pictures that are forbidden by must be blurred. Photographic images of living beings fall under this category according to many scholars, and it is forbidden to keep them.
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