Uploading football highlights on YouTube
Question
I want to create a football channel on youtube in which I will upload match highlights by editing them. Now youtube will play their ads on my videos and will pay me according to the views on my video. Is this source of income halal?
Answer
This is not permissible. Pictures of all animate objects are haraam in islaam. Severe warnings have been sounded in the Mubaarak Ahaadith for the person who gets involved in the grave sin of picture making. Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (Radiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said:
“Undoubtedly, the people subject to the worst forms of punishment on the day of Qiyaamah are those involved in picture-making.”
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
عن عبد الله قال سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول إن أشد الناس عذابا عند الله يوم القيامة المصورون (بخاري 2/880)
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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