Are photographs and taking pictures permissible?

“This is not permissible. Through you building a social media app where users will post pictures of animate objects, you will be involved in the sin of photography as well as inviting others to commit this grave sin.”

“From the outset, taking a picture of any animate object and then blocking or cropping the head is incorrect since taking the picture of the entire animate object in the first instance resulted in transgression.”

“1.1 All forms of photography is impermissible irrespective of whether it is digital or not. The reason why it is impermissible is because Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم said “May Allah Ta’alas curse be upon the one who creates tasweer and for whom it was made for””

“It is not permissible to paint, draw, take, keep, buy or sell a picture of a head on an animate object. Similarly, the picture of a skeleton which literally represents the body of an animate being, would be deemed impermissible as it is also emulating the creation of Allah Ta’aala.”