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Removing watermarks from pictures and reusing them

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Q: I want to make an online store, what if I take product pictures from other online store which have their own watermark on products so I remove their watermarks from their products pictures and then use those pictures on my online store, is it permissible?

Bismillaah

A: Yes.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.