Drawing humanoid robots
Q: Is it haram to draw humanoid robots?
Pictures & Videos
Keeping digital pictures of one's child who passed away
Q: My sister's 3 month old child passed away. Is she allowed to keep his digital (NOT PRINTED) pictures and videos on her phone? And is she allowed to see them.
Are silhouettes regarded as animate objects?
Q: Are silhouettes considered animate objects? We have a ball that has silhouettes of soccer players kicking a ball around. There are no details on the face, however it is a full silhouette, even details of the players hair are visible
Uploading football highlights on YouTube
Q: I want to create a football channel on youtube in which I will upload match highlights by editing them. Now youtube will play their ads on my videos and will pay me according to the views on my video. Is this source of income halal?
Taking passport pictures for tableegh
Q: If television is haraam for tabligh because it contravenes shariah then going in tabligh using pictures for passport is in the same catogory as no compuslsion for applying for getting a visa is not waajib to go for tabligh.
Girls playing with dolls
Q: Is it permissible for girls to play with dolls? If yes, which type of dolls are they allowed to play with?
Taking an animate picture out of necessity
Q: I heard that photos of animate objects are prohibited. Now I am preparing for a lawsuit against my landlord to get my rights back and the court needs evidence. I need a cleaning receipt to back my words but the receipt contains a human animate picture. This receipt is from a large cleaning company and can only be accessed online and I must take a screenshot (like photo). I heard under necessity haram things become permissible and to defend property is a necessity? Can I take the photo? If not I fear that my argument could be very weak and more injustice can be done to me as a tenant.
Editing photo's of one's face
Q: Is editing your own photos haram? I mean I have moles on my face and I don't usually wear makeup to hide it... I edit my photos just to remove the dark circles and spots on my face. Is it haram? I don't make any change to my facial features. I just remove spots and dark circles.
Keeping mini dolls and legos
Q: I want to ask about the (mini) dolls or a character like captain or a worker which includes in various lego sets. They have face expression with full body.
1. Can we let the kids play with them?
2. Can we use it after distorting their full face with permanent markers?
3. Can we use it without their head, only the body can be used for playing?
4. Is it totally not allowed to keep them at home?
5. Will our Salah be valid if it is already at home with their face distorted?
Taking pictures to treat breast cancer
Q: I am a male lecturer working in a computer engineering department in a university in Saudi Arabia. Can I do research on writing some algorithms and computer programs which deals with image processing of mammograms for diagnosing and may be useful in the treatment of breast cancer? The computer programs take an image of a breast as the input and gives various readings and different filtered images of the breast as the output.