kennyosein:
This from the FATAWAA committee
Family Photographs for the sake of
remembrance – Permanent Committee
First question from Fatwa No. 2296
Q 1: What is the ruling on taking photographs for
the whole family and others for the sake of
remembrance and amusement only?
A: Photographing living beings is prohibited and
one of the major sins whether a photographer
considers it to be their job or not and whether it
is a drawing, photograph or sculpture. Keeping
these photographs, pictures or sculptures for
remembrance or any other purpose will not
change its ruling as there are many Hadiths
reported in this regard. These Hadiths are general
for all kinds of Taswir (drawing, photographing
and sculpturing). Nothing is exempted from this
ruling except what is necessarily required.
May Allah grant us success! May peace and
blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his
family, and Companions!

I don't know much about Sheik Eleha but I have listen to Dr. Alaro, Dr. Sharafadeen, Ustaz Ambieoya, Sheikh Najamdeen, Ustaz Saalih Oganijah, Ustaz Lukman Idris, and others they deem it haram but if you are referring to those celebrities that the ignoramus people called scholars eg. Zakir Nakir, Yasir Qadhir, Ali Nouman Khan, Menk, Yusuf Estes, Hamza Yusuf, Tariq Jameel, Aseem al Hakeem, Abu Eesa Niamutullah, Jamal el-Makki, Waleed Basyouni and others are no scholars of Islam, they are Muslims who mislead the ignorant Muslims may Allah rectify their affairs.
Allaahu Musta’aan

Empiree:
@ albaqir, do you have video clip for Ali Jabata?. I dont know who the man is.

Sissie:


Eating spoon bidiah ke!

AlBaqir:


Video and picture is Haram according to his manhaj so you cant find any Jabata video anywhere. But funny enough there exist a website where you can listen and download his audio lectures
www.voiceofthesalaf.com/audios

I wonder if there's any hadith in his weird world to prove "audio lectures" recorded is halal or haram. What a sick attention-needed scholars!

He's a local champion in Ilorin and his environ. His late father was a recognized Sheik in Ilorin. Though he has declared his father as kafir who will rotten in hell because he was a Sufi that followed Tariqat tijaniyyah.

By listening to some of his video, you will get to know who he is. 95% of his lectures are based on labeling this and that scholar or acts as kufr/bid'a. You will also learn a lot. Sometimes satan speaks the truth.

There is another salafi website that attacks him vehemently on their website:
http://www.simplysalafiyyah.com/A-Peek-at-False-Manhaj-of-Muhammad-Awwal-Jabata.html

realsherif98:
Sahih Bukhari - Volume 3, Book 34, Number 428:

Narrated Said bin Abu Al-Hasan:

While I was with Ibn 'Abbas a man came and said, "O father of 'Abbas! My sustenance is from my manual profession and I make these pictures." Ibn 'Abbas said, "I will tell you only what I heard from Allah's Apostle . I heard him saying, 'Whoever makes a picture will be punished by Allah till he puts life in it, and he will never be able to put life in it.' "

Hearing this, that man heaved a sigh and his face turned pale. Ibn 'Abbas said to him, "What a pity! If you insist on making pictures I advise you to make pictures of trees and any other unanimated objects."

Yankelaptops:
TV and movie pictures and video pictures

http://islamqa.info/en/10326

TV and movie pictures and video pictures
I have a question regarding pictures -Are pictures that are manafactured through means such as video, computers etc.
(i.e. they come on and off the screen)permissable? Can you please verify this with proof and evidence?
Praise be to Allaah.

The ruling on a thing depends on the way in which it is perceived. It is essential to know how the picture-making you refer to is done. The author of Risaalat Ahkaam al-Tasweer (The ruling on picture-making) said:

1. Movie pictures or pictures on a cinema film:

This is a method which transmits moving pictures with sound for a limited time span, showing all the events that happened within this time frame. The picture which is shown by the film on the screen is the shadow or reflection of that thing, not its real essence, after it has been recorded on the film. It says in al-Sharee’ah al-Islamiyyah wa’l-Funoon (Islamic sharee’ah and the Arts) that the cinema is called [in Arabic] akhyaliyyah [from khayaal, meaning shadow or dim reflection], “because it shows the shadows of things, not their real essence.”

2 – TV pictures

This is a method which transmits pictures and sounds at the same time via an electrical impulse. This is the result of the effect of light from the object whose picture is being taken being reflected on a mica sheet which is covered with a vast number of tiny particles made of photosensitive material, manufactured from silver oxide and caesium, of which the particles are separated from one another and isolated electrically.

This kind of image-making using machines is very similar to the image on a movie film, but in TV pictures, the images are changed to electronic signals, then to electromagnetic waves, which are then either sent via antennas to be picked up by the receiving apparatus in TV sets, within the range that the signal can reach, or they are sent to be stored in the form of magnetic changes on plastic tapes that have been plated with the appropriate magnetic substance that can store these waves.

In order to show what has been recorded on these tapes after these waves have been stored, it has to pass through a machine which transforms it once more into electronic signals then sends it to a screen in the form of electrical signals, so that it appears as a picture, but only after a complex operation.

The TV set is the equipment which receives the electrical waves and gathers them, then transmits them in a regulated manner in the form of a picture with complete features.

There is another kind which is considered to be similar to this kind of image-making. This is something similar to the telephone which is used in some industrially-advanced countries, which transmits both the voice and the image of the speaker, so both parties can see one another on the screen of the device on which they are talking.

Similarly, there are cameras which are installed at the doors of houses. This system picks up the voice and image of the person who is coming to the house and transmits it to a screen inside the house, so that whoever is inside the house can see it clearly. And similarly there is equipment which is used to watch out for criminals stealing and so on in banks, stores, etc.

These kinds of equipment are considered to be of one kind, but are used for a variety of purposes, whereby the camera covers the area which is to be watched over, and it transmits the images to a screen like a TV, where the image appears clearly. New things are appearing all the time, and we do not know what will appear in the future. If this indicates anything, it indicates the mind-boggling expansion of the use of machines to make images of both kinds, both still and moving, in many areas, including manufacturing, war, security, education, medicine, social, etc.

Ahkaam al-Tasweer by Ahmad ibn ‘Ali Waasil, p. 65-67

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:

With regard to pictures made in the modern fashion, they fall into two categories:

The first category is those which have no tangible substance (and can only be seen by running them through a machine), as I was told is the case with pictures on video tapes. There is no ruling at all concerning these, and they do not come under the prohibition at all. Hence the scholars who forbid making pictures with cameras on paper (photographs) permitted this (video pictures), and said that there is nothing wrong with this. Then it was asked, is it permissible to film lectures which are given in the mosques? The (scholarly) view was that it is better not to do that, because it may disturb the worshippers and because they may film things that may not be appropriate, and so on.

The second category is fixed or still pictures on paper (photographs) …

But the matter needs further discussion if one wants to make these kind of permissible pictures. For they are subject to five rulings which depend on the intention. If the intention is something forbidden, then it is haraam. If he intends something waajib (obligatory), then it is waajib. Sometimes pictures may be essential, especially moving pictures. For example, if we see someone in the act of committing a crime against a person’s rights, such as an attempt to kill and so on, and we cannot prove it in any way but by taking pictures, then in this case taking pictures becomes waajib, especially in cases where pictures may decide the case. The means are subject to the rulings on the ends. If we make these pictures in order to prove the identity of a person for fear that someone else may be accused of the crime, this is also acceptable, indeed it is essential.

But if we take these pictures just to enjoy looking at them, this is undoubtedly haraam... And Allaah knows best.” (See Al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 2/197-199)

AlBaqir:


Ma sha Allah. Spoon, fork, knive etc are haram for eating, according to them. You simply need to use your bare hand to eat because that is what is reported as Prophet's sunnah. No more no less they says.

Funny enough, a wise old man that attended one of his lecture asked him, "how do we drink a hot pap - Akamu (Eko gbona)?"

He has a car but its not a Bid'a according to him. I wonder on what basis is a spoon become haram while car is not at all ahadith say prophet only rode camel and horse and the two are still very much in vogue?! What a sick sense of reasoning.

Muhsin: Jazakumullahu khairan. It has all been said. I hope it is now clear to those who had doubt regarding the prohibition of taking pictures, selfieeees and production of the images of living things whether on papers, electronic gadgets and in whatever form one can think of regardless of how the pictures are produced. Except in situations where there are no alternatives as mentioned earlier.

islamics:
Salam Alaykum Ya Ikhwan Wa Ukhtee
Just stumbled upon thread:
@op actually i follow the view of those who see taking pictures as haram. But @least we all have to recognise and respect the difference of opinion since it is not something that bring one out of Islam.
With regard to calling those preachers celebrity: I think the word celebrity is below par. In the very least we can all say they are caller since ALL SCHOLAR IS A CALLER BUT NOT ALL CALLER ARE SCHOLAR. They may not have attain the status of being called scholars because we all know that those we call scholar have made lots of research and sacrifice which have stand the test of time.
The issue of spoon, fork, knive are non issue since they are not act of Ibadah.
For those undermining the issue of Aqeedah: it is a vital and important aspect as the prophet spent most of his time preaching about authentic belief, when the belief is there other acts of worship will fall in place. The issue of shirk is part of Aqeedah which shows the importance of authentic belief.
May Allah forgive our shortcomings, purify our heart with Tawheed and stregthen us upon the truth.
#JustMyOpinion

Topkush:


What about the issue of photographs

Contact17:
^^ that is correct. Personally I avoid pictures ( those that aren't printed) because of security reasons. The thought of someone stealing my phone and copying my photos/videos is enough to keep me from saving pictures/videos long term

Zaikon:
maybe u should provide the arabic text of that hadith. nd if u insist i think u just hav to stop using nigerian currency, passport, but wait did u realise even the great scholars havs pictures ? i think the arabic text will solve this issue.

realsherif98:
Sahih Bukhari - Volume 3, Book 34, Number 428:

Narrated Said bin Abu Al-Hasan:

While I was with Ibn 'Abbas a man came and said, "O father of 'Abbas! My sustenance is from my manual profession and I make these pictures." Ibn 'Abbas said, "I will tell you only what I heard from Allah's Apostle . I heard him saying, 'Whoever makes a picture will be punished by Allah till he puts life in it, and he will never be able to put life in it.' "

Hearing this, that man heaved a sigh and his face turned pale. Ibn 'Abbas said to him, "What a pity! If you insist on making pictures I advise you to make pictures of trees and any other unanimated objects."

plappville:


What about the Muslim men we see in the beach where all the non mislims women are half neked, the muslims men go to the beach to look at free stuffs. Is there no hadith that prohibites you from living in the secular countries too?

Demmzy15:
¬What is this one saying? Must you always make comments, at least filter them with your brain. You sound so stup'd!

Ozize:
See? Thats why I dont believe in hadiths! Hadiths are filled with superstitous beliefs and are lies against Muhammad. The Quran alone is enough for a wise muslim! SMH

kennyosein:
This from the FATAWAA committee
Family Photographs for the sake of
remembrance – Permanent Committee
First question from Fatwa No. 2296
Q 1: What is the ruling on taking photographs for
the whole family and others for the sake of
remembrance and amusement only?
A: Photographing living beings is prohibited and
one of the major sins whether a photographer
considers it to be their job or not and whether it
is a drawing, photograph or sculpture. Keeping
these photographs, pictures or sculptures for
remembrance or any other purpose will not
change its ruling as there are many Hadiths
reported in this regard. These Hadiths are general
for all kinds of Taswir (drawing, photographing
and sculpturing). Nothing is exempted from this
ruling except what is necessarily required.
May Allah grant us success! May peace and
blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his
family, and Companions!

I don't know much about Sheik Eleha but I have listen to Dr. Alaro, Dr. Sharafadeen, Ustaz Ambieoya, Sheikh Najamdeen, Ustaz Saalih Oganijah, Ustaz Lukman Idris, and others they deem it haram but if you are referring to those celebrities that the ignoramus people called scholars eg. Zakir Nakir, Yasir Qadhir, Ali Nouman Khan, Menk, Yusuf Estes, Hamza Yusuf, Tariq Jameel, Aseem al Hakeem, Abu Eesa Niamutullah, Jamal el-Makki, Waleed Basyouni and others are no scholars of Islam, they are Muslims who mislead the ignorant Muslims may Allah rectify their affairs.

Allaahu Musta’aan

labani06:
please this hadith is talking to those people that are building statue,idol not snapping pics .

aadoiza:

And drawing too. This has been my thought all along. I don't know where snapping pics dey for hadith. I'm getting tired of our absurdities.

aadoiza:

And drawing too. This has been my thought all along. I don't know where snapping pics dey for hadith. I'm getting tired of our absurdities.

labani06:

But their are alot of fatwas on snapping pics as not haram please consult any ustaz for more information

aadoiza:


If drawing is tagged haram, it would be because it borders on the art of creating. But photography is simply capturing the light from an object and projecting it on a collector. So I'm confused as to how that would be haram.

aadoiza:


If drawing is tagged haram, it would be because it borders on the art of creating. But photography is simply capturing the light from an object and projecting it on a collector. So I'm confused as to how that would be haram.

PassingShot:


Do you really mean the emboldened? Please seek for Allah's guidance in your utterances about those scholars. Many or all of them may be better Muslims than those you hold in high esteem in the Sight of Allah.

Ihdina Siratal Mustakeem.