Hadith #582
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ قَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ إِنَّمَا مَعِيشَتِي مِنْ صَنْعَةِ يَدِي وَإِنِّي أَصْنَعُ هَذِهِ التَّصَاوِيرَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي لَا أُحَدِّثُكَ إِلَّا بِمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ
رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مُعَذِّبُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يَنْفُخَ فِيهَا الرُّوحَ وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِخٍ فِيهَا أَبَدًا قَالَ فَرَبَا لَهَا الرَّجُلُ رَبْوَةً شَدِيدَةً فَاصْفَرَّ وَجْهُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَيْحَكَ إِنْ أَبَيْتَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَصْنَعَ فَعَلَيْكَ بِهَذَا الشَّجَرِ وَكُلِّ شَيْءٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ رُوحٌ
Isnad Chain
إسماعيل ومحمد بن جعفر
سعيد بن أبي الحسن
English Translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنهما) — via Sa'id ibn Abi al-Hasan — that he said: 'I was with Ibn 'Abbas and a man came and said: 'O Ibn 'Abbas, I am a man whose livelihood comes from the work of his hands, and I make these images.' He said: 'I will only tell you what I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Whoever makes an image — Allah (عز وجل) will punish him on the Day of Resurrection until he breathes a soul into it — and he will never be able to breathe [a soul] into it.' The man shook violently and his face turned pale. Ibn 'Abbas said to him: 'Woe to you! If you insist on making [images], then make trees and everything that has no soul [in it].'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 10, Hadith 582
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3220
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-39610