If displaying photos and other images is not permissable, is it permissable to keep photos in an album (book)?
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Assalamu Aleikum
Answer
Respected Brother-in-Islam
Assalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullaahi Wa Barakaatuhu
It is not even permissible to take out photos of animate objects. The prohibition is not limited to only displaying the photos.
It is also prohibited to keep photos of animate objects in an album.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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