Non-maḥrams’ Pictures and Films: Is It Permissible to Print and Sell Images Portraying the Prophet or Imams?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Non-maḥrams’ Pictures and Films: Is It Permissible to Print and Sell Images Portraying the Prophet or Imams?
English:
Question #1189:
What is the ruling in the matter of printing and selling the pictures which ostensibly portray the Prophet (s.a.w.) and Imams Ali and Ḥusayn (a.s.) for putting them in government offices?
Answer #1189:
From the shar‘ī point of view; there is no objection to it in itself. That said, this should not entail any insult or degrading act in common opinion, or detract from the status of those luminaries (a.s.).