Displaying Pictures on Facebook

Q: I have seen many girls in hijaab putting their pictures on their facebook accounts. Will they be sinful?

A: They will be sinful for putting their pictures on their facebook accounts. Photography is haraam in Islam. It appears in the Hadith that those involved in photography and picture making will be subject to the worst form of punishment on the day of Qiyamah.

حدثنا الأعمش عن مسلم قال كنا مع مسروق في دار يسار بن نمير فرأى في صفته تماثيل فقال سمعت عبد الله قال سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول إن أشد الناس عذابا عند الله يوم القيامة المصورون  (بخاري 2/880)

 

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)