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)?

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

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