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Can you have photos in a closed area, like a cupboard or picture album?

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I read from another website (Islamicity) that photos are the same thing as mirrors reflecting your image. The ayaat that says something along the lines of ‘whoever tries to imitate my creation, will have a great punishment’ does not necessarily say photographs and videos are haram.. And if the hadith ‘Angels do not enter the house with a dog or images’ refers to all images, wouldnt that make tv and computers are haram too? Doesnt it mean the display of photos?

Answer

Picture frames and photographs of animate objects are not permissible to
display. Frames having pictures of inanimate objects e.g. trees, mountains,
etc. are permissible.
– Hadhrat Abu Talha (Radhiyallaahu Ánhu) narrates that Nabi (Sallallaahu
Álayhi Wasallam) said, ‘Angels do not enter a house wherein there is a dog
or picture.’ (Mishkãt vol. 2 p. 385)
– Ábdullah ibn Masóod (Radhiyallaahu Ánhu) narrates that Rasulullah
(Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, ‘The people with the most severe
punishment by Allah will be the picture makers.’ (Ibid).
– Hadhrat Ibn Abbas (RA) narrates, ‘I heard the messenger of Allah saying,
“Every picture-maker will be in the fire. A life will be created for every
picture the picture-maker made, and he will be tortured in Hell.”
If you have to make pictures (says Ibn Abbaas) then make a picture of a tree
or such things which are inanimate.’ (Bukhari and Muslim)

The ruling is the same whether the photos are in a cupboard or in an album.

and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.

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