I can state the obvious though. You will always have conflict between literal teachings a thousands years old and today. And these will increase as time goes by. What would Islam have to say about immersive virtual reality delivered via jacks in your skul for example? What if this gave an overwealming tactical advantage in the air for pilots, would Islamic countries be forced to follow suit? Or might the Pak air force of the future be nothing but Hindus, Sikhs and Christain pilots?

Okay its somewhat science fiction, but you will always have yto in some cases extrapolate. And more and more as the decades past Muslims will have to apply the spirit of the faith, instead of the letter. By all means be steeped in Islamic jurisprudence but at the end of the day an element of common sense and interpretation will come in. Some questions are impossible to divine. Would the Prophet have been against nuclear weapons? Threat as they are to the existence of humanity and even Gods creation itself. Is this hubris or similar? And so on. But try and find an Islamic gov that would turn them down (which of course highlights the difference between an Islamic goverment and an idealised Islamic goverment!).

Namaz, Majlis and Halaka on TV is wrong. When Allah SWT and His Prophet say something, there is no room for discussion, debate or argument.

Sir, you are wrong in stating that neary every single scholar comes on TV. It is the Saudis who are obsessed with TV and Pakistan is following suit.

Best Regards.

REGARDING TELEVISION

Many people argue that T.V. is not haram since whatever is on screen is not a picture since it is in motion and therefore cannot come under the prohibition of animate pictures.

The answer is that the illusion of motion in television is produced by showing 30 still pictures, or frames, each second. Through persistence of vision the brain retains each picture until the next comes along. We are not aware of the fact that our eyes are really seeing a rapidly changing sequence of a large number of slightly different still pictures.

T.V. is a medium whose life and existence is dependent on pictures and the institution of picture production. Without pictures there is no television.

T.V. is a medium that not only displays, but also actually produces pictures. By switching on your TV set you are actually assisting in the production of pictures.

REGARDING PHOTOGRAPHY

Pictures of animate beings are haram, whether they are human or other creatures, whether they are three-dimensional or two-dimensional, whether they are printed, drawn, etched, engraved, carved, cast in moulds, etc. Muslims should submit to the teachings of Islam and not argue with them by saying, “But I am not worshipping them or prostrating to them!” If we think about just one aspect of the evil caused by the prevalence of photographs and pictures in our times, we will understand something of the wisdom behind this prohibition: that aspect is the great corruption caused by the provoking of physical desires and subsequent spread of immorality caused by these pictures. Muslims should not keep any pictures of animate beings in his house, because they will prevent the angels from entering.

But nowadays, unfortunately, one can even find in some Muslim homes statues of gods worshipped by non-muslims (e.g.buddha) which they keep on the basis that they are antiques or decorative pieces. These things are more strictly prohibited than others, just as pictures which are hung up are worse than pictures which are not hung up, for how easily they can lead to glorification, and cause grief or be a source of boasting! We cannot say that these pictures are kept for memory’s sake, because true memories of a Muslim relative or friend reside in the heart, and we remember them by praying for mercy and forgiveness for them.

Taking pictures with a camera involves human actions such as focusing, pressing the shutter, developing, printing, and so on. We cannot call it anything other than “picture-making” or tasweer, which is the expression used by all Arabic-speakers to describe this action.In the book Al-I’laam bi naqd kitaab al-halaal wa’l-haraam, the author says: “Photography is even more of an imitation of the creation of Allah than pictures which are engraved or drawn, so it is even more deserving of being prohibited… There is nothing that could exclude photography from the general meaning of the reports.” Among the scholars who have discussed the issue of photography is Shaikh Nasir al-Deen al-Albaani, who said: “Some of them differentiate between hand-drawn pictures and photographic images by claiming that the latter are not products of human effort, and that no more is involved than the mere capturing of the image. This is what they claim. The tremendous energy invested by the one who invented this machine that can do in few seconds what otherwise could not be done in hours does not count as human effort, according to these people! Pointing the camera, focusing it, and taking the picture, preceded by installation of the film and followed by developing and whatever else that I may not know about… none of this is the result of human effort, according to them!Some of them explain how this photography is done, and summarize that no less than eleven different actions are involved in the making of a picture. In spite of all this, they say that this picture is not the result of human action!

Can it be allowed to hang up a picture of a man, for example, if it is produced by photography, but not if it is drawn by hand?Those who say that photography is permitted have “frozen” the meaning of the word “tasweer,” restriciting it only to the meaning known at the time of Prophet Mohammad and not adding the meaning of photography, which is “tasweer” or “picture-making” in every sense - linguistic, legal, and in its harmful effects, and as is clear from the definition mentioned above. By the same token, you could allow idols which have not been carved but have been made by pressing a button on some machine that turns out idols by the dozen. What do you say to that?”

What you are talking about is very different, if this is the case then if I can remember the face of a person I have taken a picture of it in my mind and therefore that should also be Haraam. It is illogical.

And most of the Aalims today say if not all that if you watch good things on TV it is Halal. This is only a dispute on Peace Tv because it closing their shops and the real Islam is spreading. If this is not the case then why is Peace Tv the only Islamic teaching banned in Pakistan and no other ?

Because they dont want the real Islam to spread because it is closing their shop. All a propoganda to fit their own needs.

Imagining photos of living creatures and then drawing them is prohibited because this thing is only attributed to Allah ( Al Musawwir )

I am not a religious scholar so I cannot convince that effectively, but lets see what Dr. Zakir Naik (the renowned Islamic Scholar) has to say about it.

He explained this issue in various talks including “Media and Muslim” and “Islamic Media”. Dr. Zakir says that a photo or a video camera doesn’t imagine anything on its own, it just captures the moment whatever is happening. So it is not proved in anyway that Photography and Video recording is Haram.

Therefor watching TV, recording videos, photos is absolutely Halal and permitted under circumstances ofcourse as what you are watching.

And some people here who are exposing Islamic channels are requested not to malign Islam and expose yourself first.

Farhan Janjua
Guppu.Com

Videos are formed by putting a lot of pictures together. Cartoons were made by putting tons of pictures together. Videos are basically a lot of pictures passing through at a fraction of a second. So, why are videos haram. Because pictures are haram.

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