Are pictures and videos, on TV and computer monitor of animate objects forbidden if they serve the purpose of education?
Question
1)Your answers to 2737 and 1175 contradict your more recent answers to 5517 and 6175. 2)Q 5517 refers to videos of prayers in Mecca where the people are filmed reading salah. Please comment on this. 3)What about ultrasound pictures and videos of an unborn baby?
Answer
The Ulama differ in their opinions regarding the images that appear on TV and videos.
According to many reliable Ulama like Mufti Taqi Usmani Saheb, that is not strictly Tasweer (picture making) as it is not in durable form - refer albalagh.net Many other reliable Ulama do not differentiate between an image being durable or not. Hence, images on TV and videos is Tasweer and prohibited. It is, therefore, best to exercise precaution and abstain from any form of electronic capturing of animate picture.
However, in view of the differences of opinion, there is a leeway only in the case of dire need, for example, to expose massacre and oppression against Muslims. That is not so in using a video for entertainments like in marriage ceremonies and parties.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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