Surveillance cameras and their legitimate purposes in the light of Sharia and contemporary jurisprudence

1 Dr. Hammoud Ahmed Mohamed Abdo Al-Faqih
Associate prof. of jurisprudence at Hadhramout University, Yemen
2Dr. Fahmy Ramadan Mubarak Musaed
Assistant Prof. of Jurisprudence, Seiyun University, Yemen

Abstract:

The aim of this research is to study the provisions of surveillance cameras in
Islamic jurisprudence and to clarify the legal ruling in their use, their fate and effects
in society, and to highlight the Sharia and contemporary jurisprudence view of developments that did not exist in the past, and to clarify the legitimate purposes
that must be taken into account when using surveillance cameras.
Islamic law has made it easier for people to have a decent life. This is by taking
advantage of modern technology, and implementing it in society, provided that the
individual’s personal freedom is preserved. So that this freedom may not be taken
away from him.
The research relied on the descriptive analytical approach based on the collection
and analysis of scientific material, by following the legal texts, the sayings of jurists
before and after, and the contemporary jurisprudence in this regard.
The research concluded with a number of results, perhaps the most important of
which are the following:
Taking advantage of modern and contemporary surveillance cameras and their
use in public places is conditional on achieving a public interest, and it is not
permissible to use them in rooms designated for medical examination,
physiotherapy, rooms prepared for housing or sleep, and prohibition from
monitoring the wife, children, maid, and workers by all means of monitoring unless
there are The reasons, the need and the necessity of it, and the necessity is
estimated as it is