Is it permissible to make a picture or a video using digital camera...?

Answer

In the name of ALLAAH, the most merciful, the ever merciful To make a picture or a video using digital camera is not permissible. This too is included in picture-making. To know the detailed fatwaa of Daarul-'Uloom Deoband along with proofs on this issue refer to "Chand Ahm 'Asri Masaa-il", Vol 1, page 342. This book has been uploaded on the Daarul-'Uloom's website.

And only ALLAAH Ta'aalaa knows...

Daarul-Iftaa, Daarul-'Uloom Deoband CONCLUSION BY THE TRANSLATOR OF THE ABOVE FATWA

(Note: The translator is not The Majlis)

Daarul-'Uloom Deoband debunks the reflection myth & upholds the centuries old unanimous prohibition passed down by Nabee (Sallallaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam) on all types of animate pictures.

Mazaahirul-'Uloom Sahaaranpur too debunks the reflection theory in its well explained fatwa hence, declaring all types of animated pictures unlawful. Mufti Sa'eed Ahmad Paalanpuri declares a unified position on the prohibition of animate pictures stating, "all the muftiyaan of India, Pakistan & Bangladesh unanimously issue the verdict that camera (digital) pictures (of living beings) too are haraam."

The 'reflection' argument is utterly baseless. The opinion of Mufti Rafi and Mufti Taqi is devoid of Shar'i substance. On the basis of their fallacious opinion, these two Muftis have opened a wide door for the fitnah of immorality.

"O People! If you desire some insight of your condition after death, then reflect on the state of those who have died before you. The vice or virtue with which people remember them, will also be your condition." Hadhrat Hasan Basri (rahmatullah alayh)