Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to my house and I had made a curtain of fine cloth on which there were pictures. When the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw it, the color of his blessed face changed. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) pulled it down harshly and said:“On the Day of Resurrection, the people who will receive the severest punishment from Allah will be those who try to imitate Allah’s creation.”

Sufyan says: When Abdur Rahman bin Qasim came to us, he narrated this tradition to us in a better way, in which there was more concession. He said: My father told me this, he heard Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrate: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) came, and I had hung a curtain in my room which had pictures on it. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw it, he took it down. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, the people who will receive the severest punishment from Allah will be those who compete with Him regarding His creation." The Mother of the Believers, Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates: I cut it up and made one (the narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words) or two cushions from it.