Title: In regards to taking pictures of people whether at weddings or at random what is said in the books of hadith and Quran about this? I went to wedding on the weekend and there was video cameras and people taking pictures and filming everyong. I was approached to join in a photo but I refused. I know we are forbidden to hang pictures of human and animals on the walls in our house but what if we keep them on our digital cameras or our computers or our mobile phones?

Question: In regards to taking pictures of people whether at weddings or at random what is said in the books of hadith and Quran about this? I went to wedding on the weekend and there was video cameras and people taking pictures and filming everyong. I was approached to join in a photo but I refused. I know we are forbidden to hang pictures of human and animals on the walls in our house but what if we keep them on our digital cameras or our computers or our mobile phones?

Answer ID: 1846Posted on: Aug 30, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 1525/1187=H)

It is unlawful to store pictures of living beings and films of weddings etc in cameras or mobile and so on.