Are digital pictures permissible? Some scholars say that such pictures are permissible?

Answer

Pictures and photos of animate objects are haraam. It is haraam to take and to keep such photos. The same ruling of prohibition applies to digital pictures and to all pictures regardless of the method of production. The method of producing pictures is not prohibited. The pictures are haraam regardless of the method of production. Do you have the following books:

• Picture-making and Photography in Islam • Television • Refutation of Mufti Taqi's Fatwa. These books explain this issue in detail.