Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Is it allowed to take photos at the time of necessity?

· 25 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1434 AH1 min readFatwa 27060English

Question

My company has about 500 employees. Now we want to develop and operate HR software for employee manageemnt. Some important data of a staff like: date of birth, name, joining date, starting salary, blood group etc. Along with these information can we keep photo of each staff in the HR software? We will collect photo from them then we will scan and keep in the software.

Answer

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

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

If it is a requirement of the company to take out photos for administration and identification purposes and the company cannot do without it, then the company may take out photos of its employees. [1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

AbdulMannan Nizami

Student Darul Iftaa
Chicago, USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] انما اتخاذ الصورة الشمسية للضرورة او الحاجة كحاجتها في جواز السفر، وسي التاشيرة، وفي البطاقات الشخصية، او في مواضع يحتاج فيها الي معرفة هوية المرء، فينبغي ان يكون مرخصا فيه، فان الفقهاء استثنوا مواضع الضرورة من الحرمة [تكملة فتح الملهم، كتاب اللباس، باب تحريم تصوير صوره الحيوان،ج٤،ص٩٧، دار القلم]

وَإِنْ تَحَقَّقَتْ، الْحَاجَةُ لَهُ إلَى اسْتِعْمَالِ السِّلَاحِ الَّذِي فِيهِ تِمْثَالٌ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِاسْتِعْمَالِهِ. لِأَنَّ مَوَاضِعَ الضَّرُورَةِ مُسْتَثْنَاةٌ مِنْ الْحُرْمَةِ [شرح السير الكبير للسرخسي،باب ما يكره في دار الحرب وما لا يكره]

لَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يَحْمِلَ الرَّجُلُ فِي حَالِ الصَّلَاةِ دَرَاهِمَ الْعَجَمِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهَا تِمْثَالُ الْمَلِكِ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ، وَعَلَيْهِ تَاجٌ [شرح السير الكبير للسرخسي،باب ما يكره في دار الحرب وما لا يكره]

Answered by
AbdulMannan Nizami
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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