Animating Photos

· 14 Muharram 1435 AH1 min readFatwa 27509English

Question

My job consists of promoting products as an affiliate, on commission basis. My job is to advertise a particular advertiser's page, in any way I can on my own by creating my own "pre-sell" website page....which leads to the "sign-up" page to buy the product. While I am able to control the "pre-sell" webpage, I am not able to change the advertisers signup page. Which leads to my concern, since the product I am advertising is a herbal supplement called Garcinia Cambosia diet supplement.

The problem is, at the signup page (which I cant change), there are woman featured on the page whom are wearing bikini's. While my target market is mostly woman, obviously anyone interested in diet can click on the link and go to the signup page. I was told as long as I dont show the actual face of the person, that it is permissible. I was also told, as long as I "animate" the image so that it does not appear as a real photo of someone, this is permissible. I was not told this by scholars, so thats why I dont know for sure.

Answer

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

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

It is impermissible to show pictures of women in bikinis whether the face is showing or not; animating the photo does not make it permissible.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Hisham Dawood

Student, Darul Iftaa
Chicago, USA

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net

Answered by
Hisham Dawood
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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