Pictures & Videos

Q: I work in a construction site and almost everyday I need to give report to client about the activities going on on site, for this report client require me to take photos of the activities. In the site activities, there will be worker who doing their work so if I take photos obviously it will take the picture of the worker also. The intention is to take the pictures of the situation on site and the focus is not on the worker. So is it still not permissible to take this kind of photos since inevitably photos of human will be taken as well? How about take the photo in such a way that only the backs of the workers and seen, or take the picture of the worker is small enough that you cant see their eyes/faces.

Q: At a recent Islamic school event the MC and subsequent speakers were streamed live to the female section of the hall. In this way the females were able to view a live feed of the speakers (all male) without the speakers being able to see them. Is this permissable?

Q: In the Arabic TV series about Omar Ibn Al Khattab, a Jew is shown fighting along with the Muslims in the battle of Badr. Is there evidence for this having happened in reality - did a few Jews participate on the Muslim side in the battles of Badr and Uhud (i.e. without first having converted to Islam)?

Q: The ijma of scholars have permitted painting of tress, flowers etc which are considered as living and have also permitted painting of nature like mountains, rivers, sun, moon etc. Why do these things, not fall into the category of challenging Allah or painting like of his creation?

Is there any hadith to support the view that painting living things like trees, flowers, mountains, rivers etc permitted in Islam?
The reason why I am asking this is because I had a conversation with a non-muslim friend and provided an argument that painting living is like challenging the God, but I wasn’t able to answer, even trees, mountains, rivers, sun, moon are creation of God, then why the same logic isn’t applicable here.

Q: We would like to query whether it is permissable to use lifestyle images for our advertising indoor and outdoor.

Q: Is video calls permissible? That is, together with speaking to the person, you can see his face? Is skype permissible? Is facebook permissible?

Q: By keeping a photo of a person who has passed away have any effect on the deceased, like any punishment on the deceased etc?

Q: Can one display frames of the Holy Ka'bah with people making Tawaaf?

Q: What constitutes as a prohibited picture?

1. If the eyes are only removed, does it still remain a prohibited picture?
2. Is a Taweez with a face, eyes included permitted?
3. What type of dolls are children allowed to play with?
4. Can one sell prohibited pictures or commodities with prohibited pictures on them?

Q: What is the verdict on taking photographs? Recently in many newspapers prominent masajid & organizations were photographed after distribution of aid, blankets etc. could the maslah be explained please?