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**juyrett** · 10-30-2011, 11:19 AM

Assalamu alaikum !!

We all do know that drawing (painting) is haram . But do you know why ?? ..it's because our prophet SAW was scared that people would draw his face . "but what's wrong with this ??" you might ask. He dint allow people to draw his face because he was afraid that the people would start to hang his pic in their house and start to worship it ( the pic of SAW).... (So, what we can say from this is that painting is haram if it is going to the wall for display).You might ask , "so printing the photos is also some how painting right?"... Yes .Yes it is. But as i said before, you shouldn't display them. You should also know what kind of photo to take ( you know what i mean right ?)
If you can controll your self from doing this things, photography is Halal. P.S THERE ARE CHANCES FOR MY ANSWER TO BE WRONG.

10-30-2011, 11:19 AM	#19
juyrett Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 429 Senior Member	Assalamu alaikum !! We all do know that drawing (painting) is haram . But do you know why ?? ..it's because our prophet SAW was scared that people would draw his face . "but what's wrong with this ??" you might ask. He dint allow people to draw his face because he was afraid that the people would start to hang his pic in their house and start to worship it ( the pic of SAW).... (So, what we can say from this is that painting is haram if it is going to the wall for display).You might ask , "so printing the photos is also some how painting right?"... Yes .Yes it is. But as i said before, you shouldn't display them. You should also know what kind of photo to take ( you know what i mean right ?) If you can controll your self from doing this things, photography is Halal. P.S THERE ARE CHANCES FOR MY ANSWER TO BE WRONG.
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