Question: Is it allowed to use software/apps with voice and picture communication knowing that the picture will go away when the call/connection ends?
Answer: “This is a doubtful affair. It is necessary to avoid it and we advise leaving it off. This is because it [the software/app] can store the picture, and then it becomes what is without doubt prohibited. The Prophet (ﷺ) said:
فمن اتقى الشبهات فقد استبرأ لدينه وعرضه
Thus he who avoids doubtful matters clears himself in regard to his religion and his honor
Agreed upon from the Hadith of Nu’maan ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him). And he (ﷺ) said:
دَعْ مَا يُرِيبُك إلَى مَا لَا يُرِيبُك
Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt
Reported by Tirmidhi and others from Hasan ibn Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). So a person should be cautious regarding his religion and avoid doubts”.
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Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
