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Can we put our photographs on the LinkedIn Portal?

· 30 Shawwal 1434 AH1 min readFatwa 26794English

Question

Can we put our photographs on LinkedIn as it is a portalwhich helps in finding jobs? We put our printed photographs on all job applications. Linked in is a similar thing and some companies seek job applications through linkedIn.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is not permissible for you to post your photograph on LinkedIn. .[i] [ii] If you need to make an application for a job, you may create a profile on LinkedIn without posting your photograph.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Fahad Abdul Wahab

Student Darul Iftaa
New York, U.S.A

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[i] حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَهُوَ الْقَطَّانُ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " الَّذِينَ يَصْنَعُونَ الصُّوَرَ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، يُقَالُ

لَهُمْ: أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ

صحيح مسلم حديث5491

[ii] احسن الفتاوى ج8 ص419

Answered by
Fahad Abdul Wahab
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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