Pictures & Videos

Q: Can we take photos with a camera?

Q: There's something lately bugging me a lot. I'm a developing artist. I am going to pursue my career in arts, and I've been told by my many art teachers that drawing anatomy isn't properly forbidden until I researched myself hadiths related to it. Now I feel quite hesitant towards drawing faces, I've always been really good at drawing human features. And might also face consequences in future where I'll have to face drawing anatomy. What I should do? It's something not making me happy yet also I love arts. Even if from now on I try to avoid making faces, what about the ones I have made before?

Q:

1. Can we make decorations out of scrap which will turn out to like a living thing? e.g. making a fish looking hanging decoration from disposable plates?

2. There are some movies based on the real islamic history, seerah or life story of a nabi or a sahaabi. Can we show them to kids?

Q: Is the cartoon the Muslim show within the Shariah and not considered drawing animate things? Is it permissible to read them?

Q: Please what is the Islamic ruling with regards to watching films?

Q: What should I do with the cartoon/animal toys of children. Can I give them directly to a non-muslim? Or should I destroy their eyes and then give them? Or should I just dispose them off? Similarly what about the clothes and other things having pictures on them?

Q: I am living in Saudi and I am from Pakistan. I often call my wife through imo or skype. Sometime I feel a lot of sex and often I see some sex urine from me not urine but like urine white colour. I am sure that all men have this kind of urine before sex or after seeing some sex or woman but my question is if that water or urine come out, can I do zikar? If not then what to do? I love zikr, istighfaar, etc, but that is a big problem for me.

Q: Since islam forbids having images in one's house, does that include things like images on money, KFC logo, or other brands with animals or humans on them?

Q: Can I make health videos on youtube in which I use picture slide show. I change my voice and show various benefits of natural foods. I have to put ads to make some earning. Is the money halaal or not?

Q: I dislike pictures of animte objects because I know it is haraam. I usualy save pictures of hadeets and recipes and Duas on my phone. I was over taken by my nafs and saw a dress that I liked that was emailed to me. I decided to keep that picture as I can show the dress maker. The woman wearing the dress isn't modest as her top part is open. I won't make such a dress as I will make it in a modest way. My question is when I go to my pictures on my gallery on my phone all the pictures show on the screen together so the picture of the girl in the dress is next to a hadeeth picture that I have on my phone and it is all exposed on the same screen. I thought it was disrepectful but left it for a while. Now I really regret what I did. I deleted the picture but have I disrespected the Hadeeth in anyway and is that kufr?