His friends have some pictures of him and he has asked them to destroy them, but they refused
Question: 34807
Some of my friends have pictures of me and I asked them for these pictures so that I could destroy them, fearing the punishment of Allaah. Some of them gave them to me but others refused, saying that the sin will be on them and not on me. Is this correct? I hope that you can advise me.
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
Allaah erases sin by means of sincere repentance from sin, as Allaah says (interpretation of
the meaning):
“And all of you beg Allaah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be successful”
[al-Noor 24:31]
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Islam destroys that
which came before it [of sin], and repentance destroys that which came before it [of sin].” You have to destroy the pictures that you have,
because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to ‘Ali (may Allaah be pleased with him): “Do not leave any image
without blotting it out and do not leave any elevated grave without leveling it.” Narrated by Imam Muslim in his Saheeh. With regard to the
pictures of you that other people have, if you ask them to return them and they refuse, then you are free from any blame and your sincere
repentance includes these pictures too; the sin is on those who are keeping them. May Allaah guide us all.
Source:
Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi’ah by Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him), vol. 4, p. 422
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