Taking a picture of an animate object and removing the head before sending it

Q: When a person takes a picture on WhatApp, if a person doesn't send it and presses back, the picture disappears. 

My question is, if you take a picture of an item to show someone and there's a logo on it and you remove the head on the logo before sending, is this permissible since the picture with the logo head is not accessible once you send it?

A: If you will need to take the picture first with the head before removing the head, then this is not permissible, as you will be involved in taking the picture, though your intention is to remove the head.

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

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)