Destroying pictures of a deceased person
Q: Can I develop my husbands photographs for my kids because he passed away 4 months ago?
A: Pictures of animate objects in whichever form it maybe is impermissible and haraam. Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has sounded severe warnings regarding it. Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said, “The people to be inflicted with the worst punishment will be the picture makers.” Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has cursed the one who receives interest, the one who gives interest, the tattooist, the tattooed and the picture maker. The hadeeth also explains that the angels of mercy do not enter a home in which there is a picture of an animate object.
Furthermore, it will be in the interest of your deceased husband that you at once destroy whatever pictures there are of him. If he had taken these pictures willfully then he will be taken to task for this. So to lighten his burden destroy the pictures.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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