Taking pictures of inanimate objects
Question السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته, my question is, is it ja'iz/ Halal if we click pictures of inanimate/non-living things (objects)? jazakAllah...
Question
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته,
my question is, is it ja'iz/ Halal if we click pictures of inanimate/non-living things (objects)?
jazakAllahu khairan kaseera
— binte abu'saeed, Nasik, India
Answer
Wa ‘Alaykum al-Salaam
It is permissible to take pictures of inanimate/non-living things such as trees, mountains, rivers etc. The prohibition of taking pictures is only in regards to living beings such as humans, animals etc. Ṣadr al-Sharī`ah, Muftī Amjad `Ali 'A`zmī states:
اگر تصویر غیر جاندار کی ہے، جیسے پہاڑ دریا وغیرہا کی، تو اس میں کچھ حرج نہیں
“…if the picture is of non-living things, such as a mountain, river etc, then there is no harm in this.”
[Bahār e Sharī`at, volume 3, page 631]
Allāh, the Exalted, knows best.
Faqīr Sohel al-Qādirī · (May he be forgiven) · Dhū al-Ḥijjah 6, 1445
Verified by Muftī Faizān al-Muṣṭafā al-Qādirī
