عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ فَوَجَدْنَا عِنْدَهُ سَهْلَ بْنَ حُنَيْفٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ فَدَعَا أَبُو طَلْحَةَ إِنْسَانًا فَنَزَعَ نَمَطًا تَحْتَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَهْلُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ لِمَ تَنْتَزِعُهُ قَالَ لِأَنَّ فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرَ وَقَدْ قَالَ فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ قَالَ سَهْلٌ أَوَلَمْ يَقُلْ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ رَقْمًا فِي ثَوْبٍ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنَّهُ أَطْيَبُ لِنَفْسِي
Ubaidullah bin Abdullah narrates that I came to Sayyiduna Abu Talha Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) to visit him during his illness. I found Sahl bin Hunaif with him. Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) called a man, and he removed a sheet from beneath him. Sayyiduna Sahl said to him: Why are you removing it? He replied: There are pictures on it, and you already know what the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) has said regarding pictures. Sahl said: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) has made an exception for pictures on cloth. He said: That is correct, but my heart is content this way.