What Has Been Related About Images
Darussalam · Volume 3
22. The Chapters On Clothing From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 356
Source no. 1749 · Volume 4 · Page 249
Sahih
صحيح، الصحيحة (٤٢٤)
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1749. Jābir narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prohibited having images in the house, and he prohibited making them." (Sahih) He said: There are narrations on this topic from 'Alī, Abū Talḥah, 'Aishah, Abū Hurairah, and Abū Ayyūb. [Abū 'Eisā said:] The Hadīth of Jābir is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth.
١٧٤٩ - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الصُّورَةِ فِي الْبَيْتِ وَنَهَى عَنْ أَنْ يُصْنَعَ ذَلِكَ» وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، وَأَبِي طَلْحَةَ، وَعَائِشَةَ، وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَأَبِي أَيُّوبَ. حَدِيثُ جَابِرٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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The very foundation of Islam is Tawḥīd (belief in singling out Allāh as He is with all His attributes). It is, thus, in direct opposition to the profession and practice of idolatry and polytheism in all its forms and manifestations. That is why anything and all things that could even remotely promote or lead to polytheism are prohibited in Islam. It is for this reason that the making of images of animate objects or keeping them in the house are prohibited in Islam. (Sahih Muslim, Book of Dress and Ornaments & Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi, v.2, p. 53)