Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 305 of 372
Prohibition of Drawing Portraits
The Book of the Prohibited Actions – Chapter 305 : Ahadith 1678 – 1687
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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1678 Ibn `Umar (radiyallahu anhuma) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Those who draw pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection; and it will be said to them: `Breathe soul into what you have created.”’[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1679 `Aishah (radiyallahu anha) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited me after returning from a journey, and I had a shelf with a thin cloth curtain hanging over it and on which there were portraits. When he saw it, the colour of his face changed (because of anger) and he said, “O `Aishah! the most grievous torment from Allah on the Day of Resurrection will be for those who imitate (Allah) in the act of His creation.” `Aishah said: We tore it into pieces and made a cushion or two cushions out of that.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1680 Ibn `Abbas (radiyallahu anhuma) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, “Every painter will go to Hell, and for every portrait he has made, there will be appointed one who will chastise him in the Hell.” Ibn `Abbas said: If you have to do it, draw pictures of trees and other inanimate things.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1681 Ibn `Abbas (radiyallahu anhuma) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, “Whosoever makes a picture, will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and will be asked to infuse soul therein, which he will not be able to do.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1682 Ibn Mas`ud (radiyallahu anhu) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, “Those who will receive the most severe punishment from Allah on the Day of Resurrection will be painters (of living objects).”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1683 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The Almighty Allah said: `Who is more an oppressor than him who goes to create like My creation? Let him make an ant or a grain of corn or a grain of barley.”’[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1684 Abu Talhah (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a portrait.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1685 Ibn `Umar (radiyallahu anhuma) said: Jibril (Gabriel) promised to visit the Messenger of Allah ﷺ but delayed and this grieved him very much. When he came out of his house, Jibril met him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked him about the reason of delay, and he replied: “We do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a portrait.”
[Al-Bukhari].
1686 `Aishah (radiyallahu anha) said: Jibril (Gabriel) ﷺ made a promise with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to come at a definite hour; that hour came but he did not visit him. There was a staff in the hand of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He threw it from his hand and said, “Never does Allah back out of His Promise, nor do His messengers.” Then he noticed a puppy under his bed and said, “O `Aishah, when did this dog enter?” She said: “By Allah, I don’t know.” He then commanded that it should be turned out. No sooner than had they expelled it, Jibril came and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, “You promised to visit me. I waited for you but you did not come.” Whereupon he said: “The dog kept me from coming. We do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture.”[Muslim].
1687 Abul-Haiyaj Haiyan bin Husain said: `Ali bin Abu Talib (radiyallahu anhu) said to me: “Shall I not send you to do a task that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had assigned to me? Spare no portrait unwiped out, and leave not a high grave unlevelled.”[Muslim].