Answer:
(Fatwa: 696/692=N)
The pictures that are produced from hand, camera, mobile cam or any video camera; all are haram and prohibited whether it is worshipped or not, whether its worship is feared or not, whether it is published later on not. However, those who make picture have been warned to be punished in the Day of Judgement:
قال رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم: ان من أشد الناس عذاباً یوم القیامۃ المصورون (بخاری و مسلم) الحق انہ لا ینبغی تکلف أی فرق بین أنواع التصویر المختلفۃ حیطۃ فی الأمر و نظراً لاطلاق لفظ الحدیث ھذا فیما یتعلق بالتصویر، أما الاتخاذ فلا فرق بین الفوتوغرافی وغیرہ (فقہ السیرۃ: 380، فقہی مقالات: ج/4، ص/129)
The pictures of living being are prohibited for two reasons: (1) it leads to polytheism (2) this resembles to the Creation of Allah. These two reasons are present in every picture whether they are worshipped or not.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband
