Abu Talha Ansari reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Angels do not enter the house in which there is a picture or portraits. I came to 'A'isha and said to her: This is a news that I have received that Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had said: Angels do not enter the house in which there is a picture or a dog, (and further added) whether she had heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) making a mention of it. She said: No (I did not hear this myself), but I narrate to you what I saw him doing. I bear testimony to the fact that he (the Holy Prophet) set out for an expedition. I took a carpet and screened the door with it. When he (the Holy Prophet) came back he saw that carpet and I perceived signs of disapproval on his face. He pulled it until it was torn or it was cut (into pieces) and he said: God has not commanded us to clothe stones and clay. We cut it (the curtain) and prepared two pillowa out of it by stuffing them with the fibre of date-palms and he (the Holy Prophet) did not find fault with it.

A'isha reported: We had a curtain with us which had portraits of birds upon it. Whenever a visitor came, he found them in front of him. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upop him) said to me: Change them, for whenever I enter the room) I see them and it brings to my mind (the pleasures) of worldly life. She said: We had with us a sheet which had silk badges upon it and we used to wear it.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Muthanna but with this addition: 'Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) did not command us to tear that."

A'isha reported: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came back from the journey and I had screened my door with a curtain having portraits of winged horses upon it. He commanded me and I pulled it away.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Waki' with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) entered (my apartment) and I had hung (on the door of my apartment) a thin curtain having pictures on it. The colour of his face underwent a change. He then took hold of that curtain and tore it and then said: The most grievous torment for the people on the Day of Resurrection would be for those who try to imitate Allah in the act of creation.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'isha through another chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording (and the variation is that the narrator is reported to have said): He (the Holy Prophet) inclined towards that curtain and tore it with his hand.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

A'isha reported: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) visited me. and I had a shelf with a thin cloth curtain hangin. over it and on which there were portraits. No sooner did he see it than he tore it and the colour of his face underwent a change and he said: A'isha, the most grievous torment from the Hand of Allah on the Day of Resurrection would be for those who imitate (Allah) in the act of His creation. A'isha said: We tore it into pieces and made a cushion or two cushions out of that.

A'isha reported she had a cloth havinc, pictures upon it and it was hanging upon the shelf and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Take it (away) from me (from my sight), so I removed it and made cushions from that.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'bah with the same chain of transmitters.

A'isha reported: Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) visited me when I had screened (my door) with a carpet having pictures on it. He removed it and we made cushions out of that.

A'isha, the wife of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , reported that she had hung a curtain which had pictures upon it. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) entered (the room) and he pulled it. A'isha said: I then tore it and prepared two cushions out of that. A person who was then in that company and whose name was Rabi'ah bin 'Ata, the freed slave of Banu Zuhra, asked: Did you hear Abu Mabammad making a mention of A'isha having stated that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to recline upon them? ibn al-Qasim said: No, but I heard Qasim bin Muhammad saying so.

A'isha reported that she bought a carpet which had pictures on it. When Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) saw that, he stayed at the door and did not get in. I perceived or I was made to perceive upon his face signs of disgust. She said: Allah's Messenger, I offer repentance to Allah and His Messenger. (but tell me) what is the sin that I have committed. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: What is this carpet? She said: I bought it for you so that you might sit on it and take rest. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: The owners of these pictures would be tormented and they would be asked to bring to life what they tried to create. He then said: Angels do not enter the house in which there is a picture.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'isha through another chain of transmitters also. Some of the other ahadith narrated through other chains of transmitters are more complete and there is an addition in them (transmitted through other chains of transmitters). In the hadith transmitted on the authority of the nephew of Majishun she (A'isha) is reported to have said: I took it and prepared two cushions out of that and he (the Holy Prophet) used to recline against them in the house.