An image of an animate being included incidentally with the inanimate

Question

Question: I work as a diver at the university (jamiʿa) in Jeddah: I have to dive into the sea and obtain shells. Nowadays I have been asked to photograph the creatures under the water of the sea, such as fish, bushes and stones. So please tell me: is this work permissible?

Answer

You may photograph the underwater creatures — bushes, stones and the like; if an image of some animate being also comes into it, there is no harm.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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