عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا وَهُوَ يُفْتِي النَّاسَ لَا يُسْنِدُ إِلَى نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ شَيْئًا مِنْ فُتْيَاهُ حَتَّى جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ وَإِنِّي أُصَوِّرُ هَذِهِ التَّصَاوِيرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ادْنُهْ إِمَّا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا فَدَنَا فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً فِي الْدُّنْيَا يُكَلَّفُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنْ يَنْفُخَ فِيهَا الرُّوحَ وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِخٍ
Narrated from Sayyiduna Nadr bin Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I was with Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) while he was giving fatwas to the people and in his fatwas he did not attribute anything to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). A man from Iraq came to him and said: I am a man from Iraq, I make these images. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him two or three times: Come closer. Then he said: I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever makes an image in this world, he will be punished on the Day of Resurrection by being commanded to breathe life into that image, but he will not be able to breathe life into it.