Posting picture in social media and Islamic perspectives.
Support IslamQA Please contribute generously in order to ensure the continuity of our website InshaAllah. Contribute Is It Haram to Post Pictures with Hijab? 26-06-2012 Question 165186 What is the ruling on a woman putting her picture on her Facebook page, especially since some of our sisters who wear hijab believe that putting pictures of themselves in hijab is something that is not forbidden in Shari‘ah? Could you explain so that I can advise them? Images and image-making Related topic Summary of answer: It is haram to post pictures with hijab on Facebook or in chat rooms or on other websites for a number of reasons as detailed below. Answer Praise be to Allah. It is haram for a girl to put a picture of herself on Facebook or in chat rooms or on other websites for a number of reasons: This is contrary to covering and concealment that is enjoined upon women in the Quran and Sunnah. Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, says concerning the noblest of women and the fur