Ruling on putting pictures of people or children on chat or e-mail
Question

                What is the ruling on putting pictures of people or children on chat or e-mail?.
Praise be to Allah.
    Images of animate beings that have been drawn by hand or 
    three-dimensional images are haraam and are included in the texts which 
    contain a warning of punishment for the image makers. 

    For more details on that please see the answers to questions 
    no. 34839,
    10668,
    39806. 

    With regard to images made by machines, which are called 
    photographic images, there is a difference of opinion among the scholars 
    concerning them. What seems to us to be the correct ruling is that they come 
    under the ruling on images that is mentioned above. 

    For more information please see the answers to questions no.
    22660 and
    8954. 

    From the above, it may be known that it is not permissible to 
    put the image of a child or any other animate being in e-mail or on chat 
    rooms and the like. The prohibition is even more emphatic if the picture is 
    of a female or if the picture is of a handsome man who is aiming to put it 
    there to attract girls and women. Such actions are not permissible even 
    according to those who allow photographs, because this usage causes obvious 
    evil and corruption. 

    And Allah knows best.