someone told me that one should not display pictures in the home.
my question is…why not? is there any evidence of this? camera’s didnt exist back then …so how can this be? im very confused about this matter…someone enlighten me plz.
Jazak Allah
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I believe the hadeeth is that if pics are displayed in your home, then angels don't pay a visit. Will have to dig for the hadeeth.
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cameras did not exist but artists/painters did....
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Islam only allows nature and caligraphy.
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exactly my thoughts...so im assuming that paintings are not allowed in the home. camera's nvr exsisted at that time so that would mean it's ok to display photographs? so why do some say it's not? i dont get it.
also there is a hadith which i cant remember off the top of my head but it was about how picture makers will be punished in the hereafter. so a person capturing a photo would not be considered a picturemaker correct?
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yea i get that in terms of paintings but i was curious about still photos. it’s not like we are actually creating anything…we are just capturing Allah’s creation. i was just a bit unsure since some people make islam more difficult then it really is. they come to my home and tell us we should not display photographs. 
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^^
That’s the logic used in the fatwas that say photography is alloweed but paintings are not. Painting/sculpture is the realisation of what it in the artist’s mind, but photography is a direct reflection of what actually exists.
Here’s a fatwa by Sheikh Ahmed Kutty on the permissibility of photographs
Photography as a medium of communication or for the simple, innocent retention of memories without the taint of reverence/shirk does not fall under the category of forbidden Tasweer.
One finds a number of traditions from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, condemning people who make Tasweer, which denotes painting or carving images or statues. It was closely associated with paganism or shirk. People were in the habit of carving images and statues for the sake of worship. Islam, therefore, declared Tasweer forbidden because of its close association with shirk (association of partners with Allah). One of the stated principles of usul-u-Fiqh (Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence) is that if anything directly leads to haram, it is likewise haram. In other words, Tasweer was forbidden precisely for the reason that it was a means leading to shirk.
The function of photography today does not fall under the above category. Even some of the scholars who had been once vehemently opposed to photography under the pretext that it was a form of forbidden Tasweer have later changed their position on it - as they allow even for their own pictures to be taken and published in newspapers, for videotaping lectures and for presentations; whereas in the past, they would only allow it in exceptional cases such as passports, drivers’ licenses, etc. The change in their view of photography is based on their assessment of the role of photography.
Having said this, one must add a word of caution: To take pictures of leaders and heroes and hang them on the walls may not belong to the same category of permission. This may give rise to a feeling of reverence and hero worship, which was precisely the main thrust of the prohibition of Tasweer. Therefore, one cannot make an unqualified statement to the effect that all photography is halal. It all depends on the use and function of it. If it is for educational purpose and has not been tainted with the motive of reverence and hero worship, there is nothing in the sources to prohibit it
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^^^ interesting perspective...thanks:)
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a photographer’s snapshpt does not fit into the same category as an artist’s creation and hence u can exempt the photographer from the painters list…
but having a sketched portrait of a man on the wall is same as having a camera shot of him on the wall…
both r not allowed…
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great.. now we need Mullahs to explain art forms to us; trying to create distinctions between a 'drawn' picture and a photographed one, never having ever set foot in an art gallery or seen the creative works done by 'photographers'.
Why don't these nomads just come all out and proclaim their own special religion which just means clinging to a utopian 8th century amulgum of Arab-Persian desert culture, rites and beliefs and spare Islam.
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ic...Jazak Allah
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u dont need to know the cehmical composition or the physical properties of alcohol to declare it haraam…
Islam says its not allowed, means its not allowed…
u dont need a mullah to get a phd in chemistry before he can come out and declare it so…
and the same goes for the other things…
but its amazing how u think that the mullah who originally issued the fatwa is a nomad, or that he has never stepped into an art gallery…
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Give others their freedom of beliefs PA…Someone asked what is the ruling on pictures, others just commented on whatever knowledge they had coming from their own beliefs…
If you believe hanging pictures in your house is alright, then say why it’s alright from your perspective…Insulting or ridiculing someone based on their values or beliefs is highly intolerant and bigoted…
Learn a little tolerance…