Erasing the face in pictures

Reference: I`laam al-Mu`aasireen bi-Fataawa Ibn `Uthaymeen – Page 215

Question: Is erasing the face in pictures sufficient?

Response: If the face is erased from the picture, then by doing so you have attained what is required; Because a real picture is not complete without a face, and the face includes the whole head; So if it is erased, then no harm remains.


Translation originally published on 30 November, 2014.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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