Image-makers, and reports about them

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me, and I had hung a curtain with pictures on it. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw it, his (peace and blessings be upon him) blessed complexion changed. He (peace and blessings be upon him) tore it with his hand and said: "The people with the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will be those who imitate the creation of Allah Almighty."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people with the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will be those who make pictures."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection those who make pictures will be punished, and it will be said to them: 'Bring to life what you have created.'"

It is narrated from Abu Zur'ah that he said: I went with Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) into the house of Marwan. He saw pictures in the house, and said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Allah Almighty says: 'Who could be more unjust than one who sets out to make a creation like My creation? Let them create a grain, and let them create an atom, and let them create a grain of barley.'" The narrator says: Then he called for water for ablution and performed ablution.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Usamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I entered the House of Allah with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). I saw a picture in the House of Allah, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me an order. So I came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) with a bucket of water. He (peace and blessings be upon him) began to strike those pictures with this water, and said: "May Allah Almighty destroy that people who make pictures of what they do not create."

It is narrated from al-Nadr bin Anas bin Malik that he said: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he was giving fatwas. (As evidence) he did not say: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said," until a man asked him: I am a man who makes these pictures? Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him: Come close. So the man came close. Then Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever makes a picture in this world will be charged on the Day of Resurrection with breathing a soul into that picture, and he will not be able to breathe it in."

It is narrated from Ikrimah, concerning the saying of Allah, "Indeed, those who offend Allah and His Messenger" [Al-Ahzab: 57], that he said: These are the people of pictures.