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Taking
photographs out of necessity
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Question:
What is the ruling regarding photographic pictures (taken)
out of necessity or (simply) for display?
Response:
Photographing the living (both human and animals) is haraam,
unless there arises a (genuine) need, such as (for) citizenship
(documents), passports and photographing criminals so as to
alert (the people) in order to apprehend them if they carried
out a crime and are on the run, and that which is similar
to this in that which is necessary.
And
with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and
salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.
The
Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa,
comprising -
Deputy Head: Shaykh
'Abdur-Razzaaq 'Afeefee;
Member: Shaykh
'Abdullaah Ibn Ghudayyaan;
Member: Shaykh
'Abdullaah Ibn Munee'
Fataawa
al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa.,
- Volume 1, Page 660, Question 3 of Fatwa No.260
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