Is It Permissible to Edit Animal Photos with Filters or Lighting?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is it permissible to apply filters or edits, like color grading or changing lighting, on real animal photos to enhance their appearance?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate.
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
Yes, it is permissible to apply filters or edits, such as color grading or adjusting lighting, to enhance the appearance of real animal photos as long as the edits are respectful, not deceptive, and not used for impermissible purposes.
Changing things like color grading isn’t seen as altering Allah’s creation, as mentioned in the Quran:
“I will certainly mislead them and delude them with empty hopes. Also, I will order them and they will slit the ears of cattle and alter Allah’s creation. And whoever takes Satan as a guardian instead of Allah has certainly suffered a tremendous loss.” [Quran, 4:119]
This is because these changes done in this way are temporary, not significant, and not misleading. Read the link below.
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Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received a traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Presently, he lives in the UK with his wife and is interested in books and gardening.
