Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those who make pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection; it will be said to them: Bring to life what you have made."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14566
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "On the Day of Resurrection, the severest punishment with Allah will be given to the makers of pictures."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14567
Abu Zur'ah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I entered the house of Marwan with Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), and there were pictures in it. Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Who is more unjust than one who sets out to create something like My creation? Let them create a tiny ant, a grain, or a grain of barley."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14568
Nadr bin Anas said: I was with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) while he was giving legal rulings (fatwas) to people, without attributing any of his rulings to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). A man came to him and said: "I am from Iraq, and I make pictures." Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Come closer," saying it two or three times. Then he said: I heard Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever makes pictures in this world will be required on the Day of Resurrection to breathe a soul into them, but he will not be able to breathe a soul into them."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14569
Abu Juhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that "he (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the maker of pictures."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14570
Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not leave any cloth in his house bearing cross patterns without cutting it apart.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14571
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever makes a picture will be punished and will be required to breathe a soul into it, but he will not be able to breathe a soul into it; whoever relates a false dream will be required to tie a knot between two grains of barley, but he will not be able to tie it; and whoever tries to listen to the conversation of people who dislike his hearing it will have molten lead poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection."
(38) Chapter on the concession concerning images that are trodden upon or whose heads are cut off, and images of things without souls, such as trees and the like: "There is a concession for an image that is trodden upon, or whose head is cut off, or images of things without souls."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14572
Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from a journey, and I had covered an alcove with a curtain that had pictures on it. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw that curtain, he tore it and said: "The people who will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection are those who imitate the creation of Allah." She said: Then we cut it up and made one or two cushions out of it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14573
Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that she had hung up a curtain with pictures on it, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cut it up into two cushions. Rabi'ah bin Ata (may Allah have mercy on him), the freedman of Banu Zuhrah, who was in the gathering, said: "Did you not hear Abu Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him) mention from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recline on those two?" Ibn al-Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No." He said: "But I have heard it," meaning from al-Qasim bin Muhammad (may Allah have mercy on him). In the narration of Abu Zakariyya, Ibn al-Qasim said: "It is as though I have heard it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14574
Al-Qasim bin Muhammad narrates from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the house of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and there was a curtain with pictures on it. She said: I recognised anger in his face. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came and tore it down. She said: I made it into two cushions, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recline on them in the house.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14575
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibril came to me and said: 'I did not come last night because at the door of the house there was the image of a man, and on the curtain there were images, and there was a puppy in the house. So order that the heads of the images in the house be cut off, order that the curtain be cut up and made into cushions that are trodden upon, and order that the puppy be taken out of the house.'" So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did so. That dog or puppy belonged to Hasan and Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that it be taken out.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14576
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that Jibril Amin (peace be upon him) came and greeted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam. the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recognised his voice and said: "Come in." He said: "On the wall of the house there is a curtain with images on it. Cut off their heads and make it into mats or cushions and tread on them, for we do not enter a house in which there are images."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصداق / 14577