Abu Zur'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) relates: Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and I entered a house in Madinah that was being built for Sa'id or Marwan. Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) performed ablution and washed his hands up to his armpits and his feet up to his knees. I said: "O Abu Hurayrah, what is this?" He said: "This is where the adornment (of ablution on the Day of Resurrection) reaches." Abu Zur'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Then he saw a painter making pictures in that house, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty says: Who is more unjust than one who sets out to create like My creation? Let them create a grain, let them create an atom."
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه / 6086
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده صحيح
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده صحيح . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: صحيح» «أخرجه البخارى [5609، 7120]، ومسلم [2111]، وأحمد [2/ 232]، وابن حبان [5809]، وابن أبى شيبة [25211]، وابن راهويه [163]، والبيهقى في "سننه" [14345]، والطحاوى في "شرح المعانى" [4/ 283]، وأبو بكر الإسماعيلى في "المستخرج" كما في "الفتح" [10/ 386]، والبغوى في "تفسيره" [6/ 375]، وفى "شرح السنة" [12/ 129]، وغيرهم، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 6060»