Ruling on hanging graduation photos on wall?

naqshbandijamaati · 07-30-2011, 12:34 PM

can a brother give the ruling preferably of sayyidina ala hazrat about the ruling for hanging up graduation photos on the wall or mantelpiece. If not Ala hazrat then another Sunni scholar.

Jazakallah. If AH could answer that'll be best.

AbdalQadir · 07-30-2011, 01:02 PM

Why not just your degree/certificate? What is the aim in hanging the picture?

abu Hasan · 07-30-2011, 02:29 PM

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it is haram to make pictures of living things

verily, those who make pictures of living things shall be punished severely on judgement day [reported in musnad imam ahmed and muslim]

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angels do not enter a house in which there are dogs or pictures [of living things] [reported in bukhari and muslim]

ulama have said that this means - keeping them standing or hanging them or retaining them with respect. [see al-aTaya al-qadir fi hukmi't taSwir, vol.24]

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what is the point of hanging/keeping graduation pics? better to hang the picture of a graveyard - look closely... can you find the millionaire or the pauper? the topper or the dropout? the handsome or the ugly? and do you think they bother about their pictures taken or hung in their homes?

Wadood · 07-30-2011, 10:03 PM

That last paragraph and that pic was very heartless and unnecessary of brother AH. May be he can think before posting.

naqshbandijamaati · 07-30-2011, 11:02 PM

I got my answer in Sidi AH inimitable style!

I am aware of those hadith mubarak but since photography was not invented at the time I expect they referred to paintings or portraits or drawings. That is why asked for a fatwa. . .

Aqdas · 07-31-2011, 08:58 AM

no, it wasn't heartless or whatever else you call it, wadood. it is very nearly ramadan so just please try to post as little as possible of your usual material. maybe you can think before posting.

AbdalQadir · 07-31-2011, 12:04 PM

furthermore, all the scholars of tasawwuf ask us to ponder over our deaths. the grave is our final and lasting home. what will wadood say to all the ahadith and sayings of sahaba that speak in the same tone.

don't remember the exact words now but as the message of the hadith says- death is the destroyer of all pleasures.

SuleimanalMuslim · 07-31-2011, 01:30 PM

Actually, wadood, it was a merciful thing. Being reminded of death, thereby preparing for it is one of the best things that can happen to a person. Following the narrow path -- the shari'ah -- ultimately leads to expansion, and the vice-versa.

أكثروا من ذكر هادم اللذات is the hadith you're referring to, AbdalQadir, no?

'ala sahibiha afdal as-salati was-salam.

AbdalQadir · 07-31-2011, 02:46 PM

jazak Allah khayr brother. yes.

ghulam-e-raza · 07-31-2011, 03:22 PM

From al-Malfūz al-Sharīf, pp. 280:

Can one take photographs of the Awliya and pious individuals and keep them for the sake of barakah?

The photos Sayyidunā Khalīlullāh álayhis salâm, Sayyidunā Ismayil Zabīhullāh álayhis salâm and Sayyidāh Bībī Maryam rađiyAllāhu ánha were painted inside the blessed Ka’abah. They were regarded as sacred, but Sayyidunā RasūlAllâh śallAllāhu álayhi wa âlihi wa sahbihī wa sallam personally erased them with his śallAllāhu álayhi wa âlihi wa sahbihī wa sallam blessed hands.

07-30-2011, 12:34 PM	#1
naqshbandijamaati Resident Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,622	Ruling on hanging graduation photos on wall? can a brother give the ruling preferably of sayyidina ala hazrat about the ruling for hanging up graduation photos on the wall or mantelpiece. If not Ala hazrat then another Sunni scholar. Jazakallah. If AH could answer that'll be best. __________________ La ilaha il Allahu Muhammadur Rasul Allah :pbuh:.

07-30-2011, 10:03 PM	#4
Wadood Resident Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Islamic Republic of Iran Posts: 2,517	That last paragraph and that pic was very heartless and unnecessary of brother AH. May be he can think before posting. __________________ Ya Aba Bakr Ya 'Umar Ya 'Uthman Ya 'Ali

07-30-2011, 11:02 PM	#5
naqshbandijamaati Resident Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,622	I got my answer in Sidi AH inimitable style! I am aware of those hadith mubarak but since photography was not invented at the time I expect they referred to paintings or portraits or drawings. That is why asked for a fatwa. . . __________________ La ilaha il Allahu Muhammadur Rasul Allah :pbuh:.

07-31-2011, 03:22 PM	#10
ghulam-e-raza Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 162	From al-Malfūz al-Sharīf, pp. 280: Can one take photographs of the Awliya and pious individuals and keep them for the sake of barakah? The photos Sayyidunā Khalīlullāh álayhis salâm, Sayyidunā Ismayil Zabīhullāh álayhis salâm and Sayyidāh Bībī Maryam rađiyAllāhu ánha were painted inside the blessed Ka’abah. They were regarded as sacred, but Sayyidunā RasūlAllâh śallAllāhu álayhi wa âlihi wa sahbihī wa sallam personally erased them with his śallAllāhu álayhi wa âlihi wa sahbihī wa sallam blessed hands. __________________ TheSunniWay \| Propagating Maslak e Ala Hazrat

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07-30-2011, 01:02 PM	#2
AbdalQadir Resident Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,346	Why not just your degree/certificate? What is the aim in hanging the picture?

07-31-2011, 08:58 AM	#6
Aqdas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 2,261	no, it wasn't heartless or whatever else you call it, wadood. it is very nearly ramadan so just please try to post as little as possible of your usual material. maybe you can think before posting.

07-31-2011, 12:04 PM	#7
AbdalQadir Resident Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,346	furthermore, all the scholars of tasawwuf ask us to ponder over our deaths. the grave is our final and lasting home. what will wadood say to all the ahadith and sayings of sahaba that speak in the same tone. don't remember the exact words now but as the message of the hadith says- death is the destroyer of all pleasures.

07-31-2011, 01:30 PM	#8
SuleimanalMuslim Resident Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 605	Actually, wadood, it was a merciful thing. Being reminded of death, thereby preparing for it is one of the best things that can happen to a person. Following the narrow path -- the shari'ah -- ultimately leads to expansion, and the vice-versa. أكثروا من ذكر هادم اللذات is the hadith you're referring to, AbdalQadir, no? 'ala sahibiha afdal as-salati was-salam.

07-31-2011, 02:46 PM	#9
AbdalQadir Resident Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,346	jazak Allah khayr brother. yes.