Q: A condition for applying for a firearm licence in South Africa is that one must submit 2 photographs wherein one may not be using any headgear ie. Hat, scarf, etc. My question is, due to this being a pre-condition for the firearm application, will it be permissible at all for a Muslim female to apply for a licence to own a firearm?
Q: My friend has a Musalla (prayer mat) which looks like it has facial images. Can the musalla be used for the purpose of sitting and sleeping? What other purposes can the Musalla with facial images be used for?
Q: Is it permmissible just for security reasons to have a security camera screen in or outside of the musjid showing live people (the faces and the eyes of the people can not be seen so clearly on the screen) coming and going?
Q: What about digital pictures of living things?Are they legal or not in islam?
Q: Is storing pictures digitally in a mobile or computer haraam?
Q: Is it permissable to take pictures of animate objects without eyes or the head?
Q: Ulama say video recording is haram. But now a days there are many scholars who give their lectures on video. So what about that? Is it haram for normal people only?
Q: Is keeping pictures of our relatives etc in an album instead of hanging them on a wall also haraam?
Q: Is watching boxing or mma haraam?
Q: If pictures are haraam, why do we take photos for ID and passports and also security, and are enforced by regulations?