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This questioner points to a trend
found in some households.

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They hire maids and put cameras
over them.

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so they can monitor the maid
during the first months. Is that allowed?

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Taking pictures is haram.
The Prophet ﷺ cursed image-makers.

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He said they will receive the severest
punishment on the Day of Resurrection.

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And on the Day of Resurrection,
the images they made will be gathered.

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Then they will be punished with them
in Hellfire.

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He will be punished for each image
he made—may Allah protect us.

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And he will be ordered to breathe
life into it.

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Can anyone breathe life but Allah?
It is to punish and confound them.

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So picture-taking is allowed only
for unavoidable necessity.

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Photography beyond necessity:
for art, keeping, or memories is unlawful.

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The Prophet ﷺ said to his cousin,
Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA).

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"Do not leave any image
without effacing it."

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"Nor any raised grave
without leveling it."

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A raised grave means one
that is elevated—excess regarding graves.

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Level it with the graves;
let it have no mark or height.

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This is what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
enjoined Ali to do.

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Ali narrated it to the Ummah,
and it is in Sahih Muslim.

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"Do not leave any image
without effacing it."

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He ﷺ would leave nothing in his house
that contained crosses.

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Meaning images of crosses;
he would destroy them.

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Thus he would purify his house
of images, except necessary ones.

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These are permitted if necessary
and may be kept if necessary.

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Anything else, for hobby,
for memories, or for art, is not allowed.

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Regarding the angels,
the authentic hadith states.

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“The angels do not enter a house
that has a dog or images.”

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If the angels do not enter your house,
the devils enter it.

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Certainly, if the angels do not enter it,
the devils enter it.

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But if the angels enter,
the devils do not enter.

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Because angels and devils
never gather together. Yes.