Re: photography haram?
BTW I was watching a propoganda video on Iran. In one of the scenes they filmed a class room - guess what? they had a big picture of the ayatollah hanging over the chalk board. It seems it is pretty common and very widespread to keep pictures of living people in Iran.
Obviously the clerics allowed themselves to be photographed. Does that mean they do not know what the Quran said?
Re: photography haram?
BTW I was watching a propoganda video on Iran. In one of the scenes they filmed a class room - guess what? they had a big picture of the ayatollah hanging over the chalk board. It seems it is pretty common and very widespread to keep pictures of living people in Iran.
Obviously the clerics allowed themselves to be photographed. Does that mean they do not know what the Quran said?
do u eat beef?
Re: photography haram?
If yes why and if no then also why?
Re: photography haram?
Peace,
For detailed answer, please refer to post #33.
Re: photography haram?
@Ninja hatori - I have in the past but don't now. why?
Re: photography haram?
Peace,
For detailed answer, please refer to post #33.
There are fundamental flaws in the entire concept, common to both sides.
First of all both sides assume that pictures and photography somehow represent a challenge to their God. That is not true.
Second, making distinctions between paintings and photography seems more like a tax-shelter scam type of arguement.
Third, making distinctions between photographs and live telecasts is even worse an argument - Neither human body, nor paper, nor electronic image is permanent.
Bottom line - I wouldn't be surprised if somebody completely misunderstood something that the prophet said or was in the Quran and started a multi-century controversy over nothing.
Even statues - come on! how is making a statue a challenge to God? I'd say it is downright arrogant to think you can challenge God this way and the same time downright insulting to God to think making of humans is as base as making any statue.
Re: photography haram?
If the argument sounds funny, its only because it holds up a mirror to something equally hilarious.
The inconsistency is apparent right away. The Prophet said destroy pictures, and Allah will ask people to put a soul in drawings. In that case, the Prophet did well to warn us, I don't want to be held up on my way to heaven. But why would the Prophet ask me to destroy all images? I can't imagine Allah asking me to put a soul in a picture of a cake? (Yes I'm doing this to make you laugh.)
See, it'd be nice if the Hadith said images of creatures with souls. BUT IT DOESN'T. So we have to make an educated guess of what the Prophet meant. And this means using our God given common sense. And right now, my common sense is telling me oral anecdotes (Hadith) collected more than a century after (Bukhari) the death of the original source (Prophet), in an era before the internet and printing presses, before the refining of empirical evidence based analysis, no matter how well vetted, are likely to contain some incorrect renditions or attributions. If the word of God can be corrupted (Injil, Torah), then I certainly don't trust the words of a man.
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