Are videos and pictures shirk?

Q: 

1. Are video's and taking pictures a sin of kufr or shirk?

2. I was saying to myself that if videos and pictures are permissible, is that kufr?

3. Is it kufr to ask such a question?

4. Is my nikah valid?

A:

1. It is impermissible.

2. This is ignorance. Make taubah for this and make it known that this statement was incorrect.

3. No.

4. Yes.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)