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**ringsarcle** · 01-29-2010, 03:16 PM

Assalamu aliakum,

People always say picture is a reflection. They get this misconception because of a fatwa by Shaykh Muhammad Bakhit al-Muti'i of Egypt as referred to by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam here: http://www.daruliftaa.com/question.a...nID=q-16155977

He was from the early 1900s and we have to understand what photoraphy was then to undrestand what he is saying. At his time photoraphs were created as direct result of sunlight reflecting off objects and falling on a photogrpahic film. Mufti Taqi Usmani will be against this photography as well but I can see why he is saying it is a reflection. You can read more about early photography easily on Wikipedia.

But in current times most of the pictures in books, newspapers, and flyers are printed by ink and printer/cartridge just like a brush would paint by brush and paint. It is not a reflectoion. I have no idea how ulema claim reflection for printed material. Printed material have nothing to do with even what Shaykh Muhammad Bakhit al-Muti'i was talking about.

Let's distinguish between taking a picture in itself (which is by a sort of reflection on the film if using a non-digital camera), and printing the picture out.
If even catching an image would be allowed (since there isn't an artistic attempt, and so on..), the result will however be prohibited because it is an image (i.e.: the print..)!

01-29-2010, 03:16 PM	#9
ringsarcle Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 412 Senior Member	Assalamu aliakum, People always say picture is a reflection. They get this misconception because of a fatwa by Shaykh Muhammad Bakhit al-Muti'i of Egypt as referred to by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam here: http://www.daruliftaa.com/question.a...nID=q-16155977 He was from the early 1900s and we have to understand what photoraphy was then to undrestand what he is saying. At his time photoraphs were created as direct result of sunlight reflecting off objects and falling on a photogrpahic film. Mufti Taqi Usmani will be against this photography as well but I can see why he is saying it is a reflection. You can read more about early photography easily on Wikipedia. But in current times most of the pictures in books, newspapers, and flyers are printed by ink and printer/cartridge just like a brush would paint by brush and paint. It is not a reflectoion. I have no idea how ulema claim reflection for printed material. Printed material have nothing to do with even what Shaykh Muhammad Bakhit al-Muti'i was talking about. Let's distinguish between taking a picture in itself (which is by a sort of reflection on the film if using a non-digital camera), and printing the picture out. If even catching an image would be allowed (since there isn't an artistic attempt, and so on..), the result will however be prohibited because it is an image (i.e.: the print..)!
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