We need pics of wedding???

[khalidnfatima 0]

My husband and I were following our religion and didnt take any photos. Will he definitely be denied now? We submitted witness statedments... We went into this all so blindly. Never knew what was involved in this process.

[Dakine 26]

My husband and I were followinlook at. g our religion and didnt take any photos. Will he definitely be denied now? We submitted witness statedments... We went into this all so blindly. Never knew what was involved in this process.

If it was your original petition it's doubtful you'll be denied. The embassy interview is another story.

Go back and take pictures of you guys together. Pictures are still the number one thing COs check out.

[MaxOnline 0]

please don't say "we were following our religion" and didn't take pictures 'cause Islam says: "Thou shalt not Take pictures in your wedding day"... this would never convince the CO! the thing that you can do now is dressing up, and taking a whole bunch of pictures... but if you are apart from each other right now, so I think this is a problem... you'll have to go through the interview anyway and pray that the CO wouldn't ask you for pictures!

Edited October 9, 2008 by MaxOnline

[Tree 0]

My husband and I were following our religion and didnt take any photos. Will he definitely be denied now? We submitted witness statedments... We went into this all so blindly. Never knew what was involved in this process.

My husband is a Pakistani and Muslim and it is not haram to take photos. I would most definatly question your relationship if there were no wedding photos.

And if you are so "against" using photos, then why do you have a avatar, thats a photo. There are photos of people and living creatures all over the internet.

And religiously if your against photos, I guess you won't be able to take photos for your visa application or passport.

Edited October 9, 2008 by Nesssie

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Ok, rather than argue over a religious point (there is a valid opinion that pictures are not allowed [which I believe is the majority opinion of subcontinent hanafi scholars, if not laypeople], just as there is a valid opinion that they are allowed. Differences of opinion do exist people), is there anyone with experience with the consulate in Islamabad re: evidence. What evidence have the interviewers asked for?

IMHO, if you're not willing to comprimise on the pictures opinion, submit an affidavit detailing your religious objections to them. Cite a well known scholar in Pakistan who isn't considered too "extreme" aka supporting of terrorism. Then get lots and lots of affidavits from people who attended you wedding, as well as other proofs of your relationship, like correspondence and evidence of times you've met.

[cmnb 0]

Ok, rather than argue over a religious point (there is a valid opinion that pictures are not allowed [which I believe is the majority opinion of subcontinent hanafi scholars, if not laypeople], just as there is a valid opinion that they are allowed. Differences of opinion do exist people), is there anyone with experience with the consulate in Islamabad re: evidence. What evidence have the interviewers asked for?

IMHO, if you're not willing to comprimise on the pictures opinion, submit an affidavit detailing your religious objections to them. Cite a well known scholar in Pakistan who isn't considered too "extreme" aka supporting of terrorism. Then get lots and lots of affidavits from people who attended you wedding, as well as other proofs of your relationship, like correspondence and evidence of times you've met.

best advise

[khalidnfatima 0]

My husband and I were following our religion and didnt take any photos. Will he definitely be denied now? We submitted witness statedments... We went into this all so blindly. Never knew what was involved in this process.

My husband is a Pakistani and Muslim and it is not haram to take photos. I would most definatly question your relationship if there were no wedding photos.

And if you are so "against" using photos, then why do you have a avatar, thats a photo. There are photos of people and living creatures all over the internet.

And religiously if your against photos, I guess you won't be able to take photos for your visa application or passport.

Obviously, I must explain better.

My husband and I were taking photos. We were aware there is the opinion that photos are haram. We even took pics of eachother in London when we met in person. But we didnt hand the camera to anyone else and ask them to take our pic. We didnt think of it. We were just enjoying our day, enjoying eachother. We married in a masjid in London the same day I arrived in London. We srive to follow correctly. We would black out the eyes of cartoon-like images, I took down the photos with eyes in my home. I even recently sent him a card with shades colored over the eyes. LOL.

So, we took the pics of eachother there, but not together. Then we traveled a few days later to Pakistan to stay with his family. We didnt have a certificate, so his imam performed a quiet ceremony in his home. Nothing fancy. I wore the same abaya that I wore for our ceremony in London. We werent thinking along the lines of necessity of these pics, or I'm sure we would have taken. Then we read the hadith I think I quoted in this post. We stopped taking pics altogether. We were unclear if this hadith applied to photographs, but we decided not to take pics while we tried to find out if this applied to photos and not only artwork. Mashallah my husband is pious, and if he finds out something is haraam he is going to stay away from it. We got the passport photos done out of necessity. We would have taken wedding pics too out of necessity. We talk on the webcam, and yes I made the little avatar. I for one am astaghfirallah not the perfect muslim. And although my husband is practicing better than me, he is also not the perfect muslim. And as far as whether or not my marriage is real - if it were not a real marriage, I would not have stayed with him for two months this summer. We dont have alot of money, so going back just to take pictures is out of the question i think. Salaams. And thanks for the words of encouragement from many of you.

[ninjarocket 1]

Unless you have friends or relatives who have pictures relating to the wedding, it sounds like you will have to concentrate on the other aspects of being together. Having lots of other photos of the other time together will help, evidence of plane tickets, hotel bills, credit card statements, atm withdrawals... etc... Take as many trips as possible together.

Staging a dressup wedding after it happened will not help. Unless you are complete professionals in the business of staging weddings, it will just end up looking like a sham wedding and you would be taking the unnecessary risk of being suspected of marriage fraud.

My husband and I were following our religion and didnt take any photos. Will he definitely be denied now? We submitted witness statedments... We went into this all so blindly. Never knew what was involved in this process.

My husband is a Pakistani and Muslim and it is not haram to take photos. I would most definatly question your relationship if there were no wedding photos.

And if you are so "against" using photos, then why do you have a avatar, thats a photo. There are photos of people and living creatures all over the internet.

And religiously if your against photos, I guess you won't be able to take photos for your visa application or passport.

Obviously, I must explain better.

My husband and I were taking photos. We were aware there is the opinion that photos are haram. We even took pics of eachother in London when we met in person. But we didnt hand the camera to anyone else and ask them to take our pic. We didnt think of it. We were just enjoying our day, enjoying eachother. We married in a masjid in London the same day I arrived in London. We srive to follow correctly. We would black out the eyes of cartoon-like images, I took down the photos with eyes in my home. I even recently sent him a card with shades colored over the eyes. LOL.

So, we took the pics of eachother there, but not together. Then we traveled a few days later to Pakistan to stay with his family. We didnt have a certificate, so his imam performed a quiet ceremony in his home. Nothing fancy. I wore the same abaya that I wore for our ceremony in London. We werent thinking along the lines of necessity of these pics, or I'm sure we would have taken. Then we read the hadith I think I quoted in this post. We stopped taking pics altogether. We were unclear if this hadith applied to photographs, but we decided not to take pics while we tried to find out if this applied to photos and not only artwork. Mashallah my husband is pious, and if he finds out something is haraam he is going to stay away from it. We got the passport photos done out of necessity. We would have taken wedding pics too out of necessity. We talk on the webcam, and yes I made the little avatar. I for one am astaghfirallah not the perfect muslim. And although my husband is practicing better than me, he is also not the perfect muslim. And as far as whether or not my marriage is real - if it were not a real marriage, I would not have stayed with him for two months this summer. We dont have alot of money, so going back just to take pictures is out of the question i think. Salaams. And thanks for the words of encouragement from many of you.

[Otto 83]

My husband and I were following our religion and didnt take any photos. Will he definitely be denied now? We submitted witness statedments... We went into this all so blindly. Never knew what was involved in this process.

Photos (wedding or not) are only secondary 'proof' - Gather the other suggested/required items.

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