It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Talhah that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The angels of mercy do not enter a house in which there are pictures. The narrator of the hadith, Basar, says that once Sayyiduna Abu Talhah fell ill and we went to visit him. There was a curtain hanging at his door on which there were pictures. I said to Ubaydullah Khawlani, "Did not Sayyiduna Abu Talhah himself, on a previous occasion, mention pictures to us and narrate a hadith about them?" Ubaydullah replied, "Did you not hear him except that he made an exception for designs made in cloth?"
Hadith Referenceمسند احمد / مسند المدنيين رضي الله عنهم اجمعين / 16345