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English translation
1751. Ibn 'Abbās narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever fashions an image, he will be punished by Allāh until he breathes into it – meaning the soul – and he can not breath (a soul) into it. And whoever listens to a people's conversation, while they have gone away from him for it,
then He will have lead poured into his ears on the Day of Judgement.”
(Sahīh)
He said: There are narrations on this topic from ‘Abdullāh bin Mas’ūd, Abū Hurairah, Abū Juḥaifah, ‘Aishah, and Ibn ‘Umar.
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] The Ḥadīth of Ibn ‘Abbās is a Ḥasan Ṣahīh Ḥadīth.
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[1] That is - His ﷺ statement that the angels do not enter houses wherein there are images or his prohibition of having images in the house.
Commentary
Image making is like competing with God, since fashioning forms is a special attribute of Allāh. Hence it is that one of His most beautiful Names given in the Qur’ān is Musawwir (the Fashioner or Bestower of Forms). Thus, anyone who makes the image of a living thing, by implication makes the claim that he can also fashion the forms.
