Pictures & Videos

Making taubah from sharing animate pictures on whatsapp

Q: I shared a pic on whatsapp on which a girls picture was printed and on the bottom it was stated that it is Yahodi sazish. So one member informed me that it was wrong, so I deleted it and sent a message not to share it because it will give me gunah. I tried to message my groups and tell them not share it. If they share it then it is not my responsibility of gaining sin or gunah. I want to ask you that if anyone shares it, will I be sinful because I tried to stop it?

Destroying photos of oneself

Q: During a period of my life, I did not wear the hijab. I have many photos of myself taken without hijab, mostly for schools, and id's and things like that. I can't have majority of them removed (such as those in the high school year book, or class graduation photos). Will my repentance for not wearing hijab not be accepted if these photos exist?

Using video calling to communicate with deaf people

Q: The reason I'm writing this mail is to know a clarification. We have a lot of Muslim deaf brothers all around the world especially a lot of effort is being made in the field of Tabligh among them in our country (Sri Lanka). The only way they can communicate with other deaf brothers is by doing a video call when they are at home or work (because they are unable to speak/hear so we need to use sign language to communicate by video). Since the video is not reproduced (it's just a live stream) and the objective of the call is to discuss an important matter - would that render video call permissible? (By no means do I consider the television streaming permissible but I would like to understand the point of video call at this point because it's vital).