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The Questioner Asks:
"What is the ruling concerning taking pictures of People with Cameras?"
" Sheikh Abdullah Al-Manee' Answered:
I swear by Allah according to the current reality
we are talking about the meaning of
Tasweer (Picture making) And there has come In the Quran And Sunnah Text
That which warns against Picture making However, What is this picture making?
Is this picture making, this instrument in which the photographer has nothing
to do with it more than simply touching a button? And All it does is capture and release
Is this the picture making in which the prohibition came for?
In reality, No, all it is is capturing and Releasing (In order to capture Light and Dark)
So according to this, we say that photography with Cameras is permissible
however it's a must that one doesn't fall into something that is warned against
in that which is related to spreading the (Pictures) of private parts of a woman
In which case, this is not permissible. So in short it becomes impermissible if
the picture is of something not permissible or leads to something not permissible.
As for Photography, Talking about the base ruling according to it's primary definition
Then nothing apparent from it makes it impermissible.
Rather that which is prohibited is Picture making done by the hand
Such as by the way of drawing or sculptures
If it is done by making pictures of something of something with a Soul
In this case it wouldn't be permissible."