Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade pictures in the house and forbade a person from making pictures. And on the day of the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) to go into the Ka'bah and erase every picture that was in it. At that time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the valley of Batha. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not enter the House of Allah until all the pictures in it had been erased. In one narration, it is mentioned: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) soaked a cloth and wiped out all those pictures. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the House of Allah, not a single picture remained in it.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he sent an officer from his police and said to him: Do you know for what mission I am sending you? For the same task upon which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me: that I erase every image and level every grave.

Sayyiduna Safina (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man hosted Sayyiduna Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him). He prepared food for him. Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) said: If we also invite the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he eats with us, (it would be better). So they sent a message to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he came. He was still at the threshold of the door when he saw a curtain hanging in the corner of the house. When the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw that curtain, he turned back. Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): Follow the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and ask him why he is returning. So he followed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Why are you returning? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is not appropriate for me or for a Prophet to enter a house decorated in such a manner.

Narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she says: I bought a small cushion for the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it had pictures on it. When the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw it, he stood at the door and did not enter. I perceived displeasure from his blessed face, and I said: O Messenger of Allah! I repent to Allah and His Messenger. What sin have I committed? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What is the matter with this cushion? I submitted: I bought it so that you may sit on it and lean against it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Those who make these pictures will be punished, and it will be said to them: Bring to life what you have created. And the angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) and found a curtain at her door, so because of this he did not enter, although it was rare that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would come and not first go to the house of Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her). When Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came home, he saw Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) worried and asked: What is the matter? She said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did come to me but did not enter my house. Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) went to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! This matter has been very hard on Fatima, that you came but did not enter the house? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What do I have to do with the world? What do I have to do with decoration and adornment? Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) went to Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) and conveyed the message of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). She said: Ask him (peace and blessings be upon him) what is the command for me now? He (Ali) went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Tell Fatima to send this cloth to the house of so-and-so.

Mawla-e-Rasool Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that whenever the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out on a journey, he would meet Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) last, and when he returned from a journey, he would meet Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) first. In the same way, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from a battle, as per his custom, he went to meet Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her). Suddenly, he noticed a curtain at her door and saw Hasan and Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both) wearing silver bangles. So, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned without meeting her and did not enter her house. When Sayyida Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) saw this, she thought that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not enter because of what he had seen. She tore down the curtain and took the bangles off the children’s hands and broke them into pieces. The children began to cry. She distributed the pieces among them. Both of them, while crying, went to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took the silver from the children and said to me:“O Thawban! Take this to the people of such-and-such tribe and buy for Fatima a necklace made of animal sinew and for the children two ivory bangles in exchange for this. These are my Ahl al-Bayt, and I do not want them to use up their good deeds in this world.”

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Ali, he says: Umar bin Abdul Aziz wrote a letter to me asking that I write and send him the will of Sayyida Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her). So, among her will was also that curtain, about which people thought that she had put it up. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her and saw that curtain, he turned back.

Laith says: I went to Salim bin Abdullah, he was reclining on a cushion, and on that cushion were pictures of birds and wild animals. I said: Are these not disliked? He said: No, the disliked form is that in which the pictures are placed upright. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated to me that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever makes pictures will be punished, and he will be tormented by being told to put a soul into them, while he will not be able to put a soul into them.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that we had a curtain on which there was a picture of a bird. When someone would enter, it would be visible in front of them. One day, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Aisha! Turn it away. Whenever I enter and see it, the world comes to my mind." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a cloak on which there were marks of silk; we used to wear it.

Narrated by Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not allow anything in his house that had the sign of a cross on it, except that he would cut it out.