Advice and Warning to Those Who Are Lax Regarding Photography
I've observed that some use images of senior scholars, placing on them sentimental phrases, and justify this by obscuring the face.
This is a corrupt practice; these images were originally produced in sin, so using them is an acknowledgment of the wrong, a habituation of the general public to it, and a step of the steps of Shayṭān.
Had the photographer feared Allāh, the image would never have been taken in the first place.
Is it fitting, then, that the fruit of his sin be made a medium for daʿwah?
Would any of you stand before scholars and photograph them from the neck down, in their presence?
The Prophet ﷺ commanded that images acquired in ignorance of the ruling be obliterated, in order to get rid of them.
This, in no way, justifies seeking out images, then obscuring them, then using them in daʿwah.
This is neither honoring the scholars, nor following the guidance of the Prophet ﷺ and the Salaf.
Ask yourselves: would the scholar depicted consent to a post showing his body with his head scribbled over or distorted in strange shapes?
This is a corrupt practice; these images were originally produced in sin, so using them is an acknowledgment of the wrong, a habituation of the general public to it, and a step of the steps of Shayṭān.
Had the photographer feared Allāh, the image would never have been taken in the first place.
Is it fitting, then, that the fruit of his sin be made a medium for daʿwah?
Would any of you stand before scholars and photograph them from the neck down, in their presence?
The Prophet ﷺ commanded that images acquired in ignorance of the ruling be obliterated, in order to get rid of them.
This, in no way, justifies seeking out images, then obscuring them, then using them in daʿwah.
This is neither honoring the scholars, nor following the guidance of the Prophet ﷺ and the Salaf.
Ask yourselves: would the scholar depicted consent to a post showing his body with his head scribbled over or distorted in strange shapes?