Volume 7, Book 72, Number 840:
Narrated ‘Aisha :
I purchased a cushion with pictures on it. The Prophet (came and) stood at the door but did not
enter. I said (to him), “I repent to Allah for what (the guilt) I have done.” He said, “What is this cush –
ion?” I said, “It is for you to sit on and recline on.” He said, “The makers of these pictures will be pun –
ished on the Day of Resurrection and it will be said to them, ‘Make alive what you have created.’
Moreover, the angels do not enter a house where there are pictures.'”
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 841:
Narrated Abu Talha:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Angels (of mercy) do not enter a house where there are pictures.'” The sub-
narrator Busr added: “Then Zaid fell ill and we paid him a visit. Behold! There was, hanging at his
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door, a curtain decorated with a picture. I said to ‘Ubaidullah Al-Khaulani, the step son of Maimuna,
the wife of the Prophet , “Didn’t Zaid tell us about the picture the day before yesterday?” ‘Ubaidullah
said, “Didn’t you hear him saying: ‘except a design in a garment’?”
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 842:
Narrated Anas:
Aisha had a thick curtain (having pictures on it) and she screened the side of her i house with it.
The Prophet said to her, “Remove it from my sight, for its pictures are still coming to my mind in my
prayers.”
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 843:
Narrated Salim’s father:
Once Gabriel promised to visit the Prophet but he delayed and the Prophet got worried about that.
At last he came out and found Gabriel and complained to him of his grief (for his delay). Gabriel said
to him, “We do not enter a place in which there is a picture or a dog.”
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 828:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
(As above 827).
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 844:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet)
I bought a cushion having pictures on it. When Allah’s Apostle saw it, he stopped at the gate and
did not enter. I noticed the signs of hatred (for that) on his face! I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I turn to
Allah and His Apostle in repentance! What sin have I committed?” He said, “What about this cush –
ion?” I said, ‘I bought it for you to sit on and recline on.” Allah’s Apostle said, “The makers of these
pictures will be punished (severely) on the Day of Resurrection and it will be said to them, ‘Make
alive what you have created.'” He added, “Angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures.”
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 829:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa:
The Prophet forbade the use of the price of blood and the price of a dog, the one who takes (eats)
usury the one who gives usury, the woman who practises tattooing and the woman who gets herself
tattooed.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 845:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa:
that he had bought a slave whose profession was cupping. The Prophet forbade taking the price of
blood and the price of a dog and the earnings of a prostitute, and cursed the one who took or gave
(Riba’) usury, and the lady who tattooed others or got herself tattooed, and the picture-maker.