What if I have pictures that I can't get rid of but leave them in a relatives home? Am I still Punishable?
Question
Assalam Alaikum,For Example I no longer make pictures but the ones I have I give to a non-muslim relative to keep, would I still be accountable for them on the Day of Judgement? What if I burned them or destroyed them somehow would I still be accountable for them later? Please Explain in Details of how to get rid of them properly.JazakaAllah O'Khair
Answer
Assalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullaahi Wa Barakaatuhu
Picture frames and photographs of animate objects are not permissible to display. Frames having pictures of inanimate objects e.g. trees, mountains, etc. are permissible.
*- Hadhrat Abu Talha (Radhiyallaahu Ánhu) narrates that Nabi (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, 'Angels do not enter a house wherein there is a dog or picture.' (Mishkãt vol. 2 p. 385)
* Ábdullah ibn Masóod (Radhiyallaahu Ánhu) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Álayhi Wasallam) said, 'The people with the most severe punishment by Allah will be the picture makers.' (Ibid).
* Hadhrat Ibn Abbas (RA) narrates, 'I heard the messenger of Allah saying, "Every picture-maker will be in the fire. A life will be created for every picture the picture-maker made, and he will be tortured in Hell." If you have to make pictures (says Ibn Abbaas) then make a picture of a tree or such things which are inanimate.' (Bukhari and Muslim)
You should destroy all your pictures in any way possible, for example, by burning them.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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