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List of some of the authentic ahaadith about the images (suwar)
Here I will mention for you some of theauthentic ahaadith which have been narrated concerning this subject. I will alsomention the sayings of some of the scholars concerning these ahaadith. I willalso make clear the correct position in this issue, Allah Willing!
1. In the two Saheehs (al-Bukhaaree and Muslim), on the authority of AbuHurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: the Messenger of Allah(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)said:“ Allah, the Most High,said: Who is more a wrongdoer than one who tries to create creation like Mycreation. Let him create a small ant (dharrah) or a grain of wheat or that ofbarley”This wording is from Muslim[5].
2. Also in the two "Saheehs", on the authority of Ibn Mas'ood (may Allah bepleased with him), who said: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings ofAllah be upon him) said:“ The most severely punished people on the Day ofResurrection would be the image-makers (al-musawwiroon)”[6].
3. In the two "Saheehs", on the authority of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleasedwith them both), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allahbe upon him) said:“ Those who make these images (suwar) will be punishedon the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them, Make alive what youhave created”This wording is from al-Bukhaaree[7].
4. Al-Bukhaaree has reported, on the authority of Abu Juhaifah (may Allah bepleased with him), that:“ the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah beupon him) prohibited taking money from the sale of blood and dogs, as well asthe earnings of a prostitute. He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) alsopronounced theCURSEof Allah upon the one who takes ribaa(interest), the one who gives it, the one who tattoos others, the one who getstattooed and theIMAGE-MAKER(al-musawwir)”[8].
5. On the authority of Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with them both), whosaid: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)saying::“ Whoever makes an image (soorah) in this world would be compelledto breathe a soul (rooh) in it on the Day of Resurrection, but he would not beable to do so”Agreed upon by Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim[9].
6. Muslim has reported, on the authority of Sa'eed ibn Abu'l-Hasan, who said: Aman came to Ibn Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: I am aperson who makes these images (suwar); give me a religious verdict (fatwa) aboutthem. He (Ibn Abbaas) said to him: come near me. The man then came near to him.Then he (Ibn Abbaas) said again: come near me. So, he came nearer to him, untilhe placed his hand on the man's head and said: I am going to inform you of whatI heard from Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Iheard him (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)say:“ Everyimage-maker (musawwir) will be in the Fire of Hell. A soul will be made for himfor every image which he has made, and it will punish him in theHell-Fire”. Ibn Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said:“If you must do it (i.e. make these images), then make (images of) trees andlifeless things”[10].Al-Bukhaaree has reported his (Ibn Abbaas) saying: "If you must do it...", atthe end of the Hadeeth which is before this one, with what is similar to whatMuslim has mentioned[11].
7. At-Tirmidhee has reported in his book al-Jaami [the Sunan of at-Tirmidhee],on the authority of Jaabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said:“The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prohibited thePOSSESSIONof images (soorah) in the house; he also prohibited theMAKINGof them”[12].
8. On the authority of 'Aa'isha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: TheProphet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) entered (my room) and I hadplaced a curtain (qiraam) of mine having images (tamaatheel) in it, over (thedoor of) a chamber of mine,“ When he (peace and blessings of Allah be uponhim) saw it, he tore it apart and his face changed colors, and he (peace andblessings of Allah be upon him) said: O 'Aa'isha, the people who will receivethe severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will be those who try to makethe like of Allah's creation. She said: So, we turned it (the curtain) into oneor two cushions (pillows)”Reported by Muslim[13].
9. On the authority of 'Aa'isha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said:Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) returned from ajourney when I had placed a curtain (qiraam) of mine having images (tamaatheel)over (the door of) a chamber of mine,“ When Allah's Messenger (peace andblessings of Allah be upon him) saw it, he tore it apart and said: The peoplewho will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will bethose who try to make the like of Allah's creation. She said: So, we made it(the curtain) into one or two cushions (pillows)”Reported by Al-Bukhaareeand Muslim; Muslim's narration has the additional words, after the saying -“ he tore it apart”-“ his face changed colors”[14].
10. It has also been narrated from her ('Aa'isha) (may Allah be pleased withher) that she said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)returned from a journey, while I had hung up a thick curtain (durnook) havingimages (tamaatheel) on it.“ He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)commanded me (to remove it). So, I pulled it down”Reported byAl-Bukhaaree. Muslim has narrated it with the wording:...and I had screened mydoor with a thick curtain (durnook) having (images) of winged horses onit.“ He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded me (to removeit). So, I pulled it down”[15].
11. On the authority of al-Qaasim ibn Muhammad, from 'Aa'isha (may Allah bepleased with her), that she said: I bought a cushion (numruqah) having images(tasaaweer) on it.“ When Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allahbe upon him) saw it, he stopped at the door and did not enter. I noticed thesigns of strong disapproval on his face. She said: O Allah's Messenger! I turnto Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) inrepentance. What sin have I committed? He said: What is this cushion for? Isaid: I bought it for you to sit on and recline on. Allah's Messenger (peace andblessings of Allah be upon him) said: The makers of these images (suwar) will bepunished (severely) on the Day of Resurrection and it will be said to them, Makealive what you have created. He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)added:Angels do not enter a house in which there are images(suwar)”Reported by Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim[16].
Muslim reportedanother narration from Ibn al-Maajishoonee, that she ('Aa'isha) (may Allah bepleased with her) said: So, I took it (the cushion) and made it into twoarm-rests (mirfaqatain), and he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) usedto lean on them in the house[17].
12. On the authority of Ibn Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with them both), whosaid: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)said:“ The angels do not enter a house which has in it a dog, (nor thehouse which has in it) an image (soorah)”Reported by Al-Bukhaaree andMuslim. This (particular) wording is from Muslim[18].
13. Muslim has reported, on the authority of Zaid ibn Khaaled, from Abu Talha(may Allah be pleased with him) - attributing it to the Prophet (peace andblessings of Allah be upon him) that he said:“ The angels do not enter ahouse which has in it a dog or images (tamaatheel)”[19].
14. Al-Bukhaaree has narrated in his book "As-Saheeh", on the authority of IbnUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (peace andblessings of Allah be upon him) that Jibreel (Gabriel) (alayhi's-Salaam)said:“ Verily, we (angels) do not enter a house which has in it a dog oran image (soorah)”Muslim has reported (a Hadeeth) similar to it, on theauthority of 'Aa'isha and Maimoonah (may Allah be pleased with them both)[20].
15. Muslim reported, on the authority of Abu'l-Hayyaaj al-Asadee, whosaid:“ 'Alee ibn Abu Taalib (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me:Shall I not send you on the same mission as Allah's Messenger (peace andblessings of Allah be upon him) sent me? Do not leave an image (timthaal)without obliterating/effacing it, nor a grave which is raised above the groundwithout leveling it to the ground”[21].
16. Abu Daawood has reported, with a good (jayyid) chain of narrators, on theauthority of Jaabir (may Allah be pleased with him):“ that the Prophet(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded Umar ibn al-Khattaab (mayAllah be pleased with him) in the time of the conquest of Makkah, while he wasat "al-Bat-haa", to go to the Ka'bah and to remove (yamhoo) every image (soorah)found in it. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did notenter (the Ka'bah) until every image (soorah) in it was removed”[22].
17. Abu Daawood at-Tayaalisee reported in his 'Musnad', on the authority of'Usaamah (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: I entered upon theMessenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) while he was inthe Ka'bah and he had seen (in it) images (suwar).“ He (peace andblessings of Allah be upon him) asked for a pale of water, so I brought it tohim. Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) began removing (erasing)the images and saying: May the curse of Allah be upon a people who make imagesof that which they are not able to create”al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar said: Itschain of narrators is good (jayyid)[23].
18. He said: 'Umar ibn Shabbah [ibn Abu 'Ubaidah, who died in the year 262Hijrah] has reported, by the chain of narrators: 'Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Mihraan,from 'Umair, the mawlaa of Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with them both),from 'Usaamah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace andblessings of Allah be upon him) entered the Ka'bah, then commanded me (to bringwater). I then brought to him some water in a bucket.“ He (peace andblessings of Allah be upon him) began to wet a cloth (thawb) and beat the images(suwar) with it [to remove them], saying: May Allah curse a people who makeimages of that which they did not - nor can they - create”[24].
19. Al-Bukhaaree has reported, in his book 'As-Saheeh', on the authority of'Aa'isha (may Allah be pleased with her), that:“ the Prophet (peace andblessings of Allah be upon him) never left in his house anything which hascrucifixes (tasaaleeb) in it, without removing or effacing it”.Al-Kashmeehinee reported it with the wording "images" (tasaaweer) [in place ofcrucifixes - tasaaleeb]. Al-Bukhaaree (rahimahu'llah) has entitled the headingfor this Hadeeth: 'Chapter: Removal/Effacing of Images (suwar)'. Then henarrated this Hadeeth[25].
20. In the two "Saheehs", al-Bukhaaree and Muslim, on the authority of Busr ibnSa'eed, from Zaid ibn Khaalid, from Abu Talha (radiya-llahu anhum) that theProphet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“ Angels do notenter a house where there are images (soorah)”. Busr [ibn Sa'eed, whonarrated this Hadeeth from Zaid ibn Khaalid, who narrated it from Abu Talha]added: Then Zaid fell ill and we paid him a visit. Behold! There was hanging athis door, a curtain with an image (soorah) on it. I said to 'Ubaidullahal-Khawlaanee, the foster-son of Maimoonah (radiya-llahu anhaa), the wife of theProphet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him):“ Didn't Zaid tell usabout images (suwar) the day before yesterday? Ubaidullah said, Didn't you hearhim saying: except a design/inscription in a cloth (illa raqman fithawb)?”[26].
In another narration from Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim, whose chain ofnarration includes 'Amr ibn al-Haarith, from Bukair al-Ashajj, from Busr whosaid: I said to 'Ubaidullah al-Khawlaanee: Didn't he narrate to us [the Hadeeth]about images (tasaaweer)? He ('Ubaidullah) said:“ Verily, he said:'...illa raqman fi thawb (except designs/inscriptions in a cloth)”Didn'tyou hear him? I [Busr] said: No. He ['Ubaidullah] said: Yes, in fact, he didmention that[27].
21. In the Musnad [of Imam Ahmad] and the Sunan of an-Nasaa'ee, on the authorityof 'Ubaidu'llah ibn 'Abdullah, [it is mentioned] that he entered upon Abu Talhaal-'Ansaaree (may Allah be pleased with him) to visit him, and he found Sahl ibnHunaif (may Allah be pleased with him) with him. Abu Talha (may Allah be pleasedwith him) ordered someone to remove a pillow which was under him.
Sahl(may Allah be pleased with him) asked him: Why are you removing this? Hesaid:“ It is because it contains images (tasaaweer) and you already knowwhat the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has saidabout that. He (Sahl) said: Didn't he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)say: illa raqman fi thawb - except designs/inscriptions in a cloth? He (AbuTalha) answered: Yes, he did say so. But, (removing it) is more pleasing to mysoul”.
Its chain of narrators is good (jayyid). Also,at-Tirmidhee reported it with this wording, and said that it is a good andauthentic Hadeeth (hasan saheeh)[28].
22. Abu Daawood, at-Tirmidhee and an-Nasaa'ee have reported, with a good(jayyid) chain of narrators, on the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah bepleased with him), who said:“ The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessingsof Allah be upon him) said: Jibreel (Gabriel) came to me and said: I came to youlast night and was prevented from entering simply by the fact that there wereimages/statues[29](tamaatheel) at the door, and there was in the house a curtain withimages/pictures (tamaatheel)[30]on it; and there was a dog in the house. So, order that thehead of the statue (timthaal) which is in the house be cut off so that it maybecome like the form of a tree; order that the curtain be cut up and made intotwo cushions spread out on which people walk; and order that the dog be put out.The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) then didso”.
The dog belonged to al-Hasan or al-Husain (radiya-llahuanhuma) and was under their couch (nadad). So, he ordered it to be turned out,and it was done. The wording is from Abu Daawood. The wording of at-Tirmidhee issimilar to it.
The wording of an-Nasaa'ee is:“ Jibreel askedpermission from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) (toenter). He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Enter. Jibreel said:How can I enter while there is a curtain in your house which has in it images(tasaaweer)? You must either cut off the heads (of the images), or make it intoa carpet which is walked upon. Verily, we - the assembly of angels - do notenter a house which has in it images (tasaaweer)”[31].
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[5] Al-Bukhaaree 7/541, no.837; Muslim 3/1162, no.5275.
[6] Al-Bukhaaree 7/540, no.834; Muslim 3/1161, no.5272, 5270.
[7] Al-Bukhaaree 7/541, no.835; Muslim 3/1160, no.5268.
[8] Al-Bukhaaree 7/546, no.845.
[9] Al-Bukhaaree 7/547, no.846; Muslim 3/1162, no.5273.
[10] Muslim 3/1161, no.5272.
[11] Al-Bukhaaree 3/235, no.428. It's wording is:“ ...If you insist on making images, I advise you to make images of trees and any other inanimate objects”.
[12] Sunan at-Tirmidhee 4/202, no.1749 [Ahmad Shakir's Edition]; 2/149, no.1430 [Al-Albaanee's Saheeh Sunan at-Tirmidhee].
[13] Muslim 3/1159, no. 5261.
[14] Al-Bukhaaree 7/542, no.838; Muslim 3/1159, no.5261.
[15] Al-Bukhaaree 7/542, no.839; Muslim 3/1158, no.5256.
[16] Al-Bukhaaree 7/545, no.844; Muslim 3/1159, no.5266.
[17] Muslim 3/1160, no.5267.
[18] Al-Bukhaaree 4/339, no.539 - [From Ibn Abbaas, from Abu Talha (radiyallahu anhum)]; Muslim 3/1157, no.5249-5251.
[19] Muslim 3/1158, no.5254.
[20] Al-Bukhaaree 7/545, no.843 [It's wording is: "...an image or a dog"]; Muslim 3/1157, no.5246 [From 'Aa'isha (may Allah be pleased with her)] and no.5248 [From Maimoonah (may Allah be pleased with her)].
[21] Muslim 2/459, no.2115.
[22] Abu Daawood 2/472, no.4156 [Arabic]; al-Albaanee's Saheeh Sunan Abu Daawood 2/783, no.4156/3502. A similar hadeeth is reported by al-Bukhaaree 4/366, no.571, on the authority of Ibn Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with them both).
[23] Musnad Abu Daawood at-Tayaalisee, page.87, no.623; as-Saheehah 2/731, no.996.
[24] Tareekh al-Madeenah, by Umar Ibn Shabbah.
[25] Al-Bukhaaree 7/541, no.836. See: Fath al-Baaree 10/398-399 for discussion of this hadeeth.
[26] Al-Bukhaaree 7/543; no.841.
[27] Muslim 3/1158; no.5253.
[28] Musnad Imaam Ahmad 3/486; an-Nasaa'ee, Kitaab az-Zinaa (48), Baab Tasweer (111) [al-Albaanee's Saheeh Sunan an-Nasaa'ee 3/1082 no.4942]; at-Tirmidhee 4/202, no.1750 [Arabic Edition of Kamaal Yoosuf al-Hoot]. Al-Albaanee said: It's chain of narrators is authentic according to the conditions of Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim. See: Ghaayah al-Maraam page.83, no.134.
[29] See: as-Silsilah as-Saheehah 4/554, no.1921, where Shaykh al-Albaanee mentions the Hadeeth of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) -- during his comments on Hadeeth no.1921 -- and says: "...in it are the words: 'So, order that the head of the 'timthaal' be cut off...'. This is a clear statement to the effect that the cutting of the head of the image (soorah) i.e. "AT-TIMTHAAL AL-MUJASSAMAH (the image which has a body - three dimensional), makes it to be as though it is not an image at all...". [End of quote from al-Albaanee].
[30] It is clear, in this sentence, that the meaning of "tamaatheel" here is not statues, since they were here images in a curtain.
[31] Abo Daawood 3/1549 no.4146; at-Tirmidhee [al-Albaanee's Saheeh Sunan at-Tirmidhee 2/366, no.2970/2250]; an-Nasaa'ee [Arabic Edition with "Sharh" of as-Suyootee, and "Haashi'ah" of as-Sindee, First Printing 1411 A.H.] 8/607, no.5380
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