Pictures & Videos

Q: Is it permissible for girls to play with dolls? If yes, which type of dolls are they allowed to play with?

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. 

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.

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?

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.

Q: As this is the era of social media and most of us are involved in it, my question is:

If I share a post on social media which is uploaded by someone else, and the post contains pictures or videos of non-mahrams, and some people viewed that post because of my sharing, what implication is there for me in Allah Ta'ala's court?

Q: Is a madrasah jalsa allowed for men and women to sit in one open hall with no segregation and photos taken of the children performing?

Q: Can I use ladies pictures without their faces in Facebook marketing? I run ads only for female users.

Q:

1. What does Islam say about to seeing/keeping pictures of ghair mahram girls after their death?

2. What does Islam say about keeping the pictures of dead people?

Q: Qatar made a movie named as Umar (radhiyallahu anhu) series. There is nothing odd in the movie. The movie is based on Islamic history. There are characters of Sahaabah (radhiyallahu anhum). Is it right to watch the movie or not?