Hadith #33
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ أُص
َوِّرُ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرَ وَأَصْنَعُ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرَ فَأَفْتِنِي فِيهَا قَالَ ادْنُ مِنِّي فَدَنَا مِنْهُ حَتَّى وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ قَالَ أُنَبِّئُكَ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ كُلُّ مُصَوِّرٍ فِي النَّارِ يُجْعَلُ لَهُ بِكُلِّ صُورَةٍ صَوَّرَهَا نَفْسٌ تُعَذِّبُهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَاجْعَلْ الشَّجَرَ وَمَا لَا نَفْسَ لَهُ
Isnad Chain
عبد الأعلى بن عبد الأعلى
يحيى ي
ابن أبي إسحاق
سعيد بن أبي الحسن
English Translation
'Abd al-A'la ibn 'Abd al-A'la narrated to us, from Yahya, meaning Ibn Abi Ishaq, from Sa'id ibn Abi al-Hasan, who said: A man came to Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) and said: 'O Abu al-'Abbas, I am a man who earns his living by making these images.' Ibn 'Abbas said: 'I will not tell you except what I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I heard him say: Whoever makes an image, Allah will punish him until he breathes a soul into it, and he will never be able to breathe a soul into it.' The man became greatly distressed, so Ibn 'Abbas said: 'Woe to you! If you must do it, make trees and anything that does not have a soul.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 10, Hadith 33
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 2671
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39061