Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: She bought a curtain on which there were pictures. When the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) saw it, he stopped at the door and did not enter the house. I noticed signs of displeasure on the face of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)! I repent before Allah and His Messenger. What sin have I committed? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Where did this curtain come from? Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) replied: I bought it for you so that you may sit on it and lean against it. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The makers of these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection. It will be said to them: Bring to life what you have created. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Indeed, the angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures.

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) It is possible that this refers to the house in which revelation used to descend upon the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Now, it is impossible that if a person is present in a house and there is a picture in it, the angels who protect the person would not enter the house, even though they too are angels. Similarly, regarding the statement of the Prophet (peace be upon him): "The angels do not accompany riders with whom there is a dog or a bell," by this the Prophet (peace be upon him) meant those riders who travel together. Now, it is impossible that pilgrims or those performing Umrah, who set out from distant cities and intend to come to the Ancient House riding camels and animals, and with them are bells and dogs, and then the angels do not accompany them, even though they are guests of Allah Almighty.

It is narrated about Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) that a person came to him and said: I make these pictures, so Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) informed that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty will punish the makers of pictures because of making pictures."

The narrator states: That person went away; he had mentioned that he had children (for whom he earned a livelihood in this way), so Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) said: Do not make any picture that is of a living thing.

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Once the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) came to her and she had hung a curtain on which there were pictures. The face of the Prophet (peace be upon him) changed color, and he moved towards the curtain and removed it with his blessed hand. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Indeed, on the Day of Resurrection, those who make pictures of Allah’s creation will face severe punishment.

Saeed bin Abu Hasan narrates: I was sitting with Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) when a man came to him and said: I am a person whose livelihood depends on making pictures. Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) replied: I heard Muhammad (peace be upon him) say: "Whoever makes a picture, Allah will punish him by commanding him to put a soul into it, and he will not be able to put a soul into it." Upon hearing this, the man's face turned pale, so Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) said: If you must make pictures, then make pictures of trees or anything that does not have a soul.

Rafi bin Ishaq narrates: Abdullah bin Abu Talha and I went to visit Sayyiduna Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) to inquire about his health. Sayyiduna Abu Saeed Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) told us: The Messenger of Allah informed us of this: "Indeed, the angels do not enter a house in which there are statues or pictures." This doubt is from the narrator named Ishaq, as to which of the two words Sayyiduna Abu Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) actually mentioned.

The companion of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Indeed, the angels do not enter a house in which there is a picture." The narrator named Basar states that later he became ill, and we went to visit him. There was a curtain hanging at his door on which there was a picture. I said to Ubaidullah Khawlani: Did he not narrate to us the hadith (about the picture), and yet he has put up this cloth? So Ubaidullah said: Did you not hear him say that the ruling regarding designs on cloth is different (i.e., it is permitted)?

Ubaidullah bin Abdullah narrates: He went to visit Sayyiduna Abu Talha Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) to inquire about his health. The narrator says: We found Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunaif (may Allah be pleased with him) with him. The narrator says: Sayyiduna Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) called a person, who removed the bedding from beneath him. So Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunaif (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him why he had removed it. He replied: There are pictures made on it, and you know what the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has said about them. So Sayyiduna Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) not say that the ruling regarding designs made on cloth is different? So Sayyiduna Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Yes, but I am removing it for my own satisfaction.

Aun bin Abu Juhaifah narrates: I saw my father, he bought a slave who performed cupping. He brought his cupping instruments, so they were broken. I asked him about this, and he told me: Indeed, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) forbade the price of blood (i.e., the earnings from cupping), the price of a dog, and the income of a prostitute (from being used). And the Prophet (peace be upon him) cursed the woman who tattoos and the woman who gets tattooed, the one who consumes usury and the one who gives it, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) cursed the image-maker.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Jibreel (peace be upon him) came to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). There was a curtain in the house of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on which there were pictures. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Come inside. He replied: We do not enter a house in which there are pictures. If you (peace and blessings be upon him) must use them in your house, then cut off their heads, or cut them and make cushions or mats out of them.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibreel came to me and said: I came to you last night, but I could not enter your house because there was a picture of a man in the house." (The narrator says:) There was a curtain in the house on which a picture was made, and there was also a dog in the house. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that the head of the picture be cut off, and regarding the curtain with pictures, he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that the heads in the pictures be cut off, and that cushions be made from that cloth. According to his (peace and blessings be upon him) order, the dog was taken out; it was a puppy with which Sayyiduna Imam Hasan and Sayyiduna Imam Husain (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to play, and it was under their bed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then Jibreel came to me, and after that he continuously advised me about the neighbor until I thought he would make him an heir.