What is the Punishment For Picturemakers? Abu Hurairah (RA) narrated that
Allahs Messenger (SAW) said: "Allah said: "Who would be more unjust than
the one who tries to create the like of my creatures? Let them create an atom,
or let them create a grain or let them create a barley corn." (Al-Bukhari and
Muslim) They also reported from Aisha (RA) that Allahs Messenger (SAW) said:
"The people who will receive the severest punishment on the Day of
Resurrection will be those who try to make the like of Allahs creation."
Also reported by them from Ibn Abbas (RA) that I heard Allahs Messenger (SAW)
saying: "All the picture makers would be in the fire of Hell. A soul will be
breathed in every picture prepared by him and it shall punish him in the Hell."
It is additionally narrated from Ibn Abbas (RA) in a Marfu Hadith:
"Whoever makes a picture in this world will be charged with putting a soul
(life) in it and he will never be able to do it." Muslim reports
from Abu Haiyaj (Al-Asadi) that Ali (RA) said to him: "Should I not despute
you on a mission on which I was sent by Allahs Messenger (SAW)?: Deface all
the pictures which you come across and demolish all the high graves to the
level of earth."
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The Ruling Concerning Picture Making Picture making is to make a
representation of a living, willing, moving animal, such as a human, horse,
animal and so forth. The ruling concerning that is that such representation or
depiction is forbidden. The evidence for that is what is found in numerous
Hadith. In Sahih, Al-Bukhari and Muslim, it is recorded from Ibn Masud that the
Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, "The people with the severest punishment on
the Day of Judgment are the picture makers." Ibn Umar (RA) narrated that the
Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, "The people who make these pictures will be
punished on the Day of Resurrection. It will be said to them, Give life to
what you have created." This was also recorded by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Muslim also recorded from Ibn Abbas (RA) that the Prophet (SAW) said,
"Whoever makes a picture in this world will be charged with putting a soul
(life) in it and he will never be able to do it." It is recorded by
Muslim on the authority of Ibn Abbas (RA) that the Prophet (SAW) said: "All
the picture makers would be in the fire of Hell. A soul will be breathed in
every picture prepared by him and it shall punish him in the Hell." It is
also recorded on the authority of Abu Talha from the Prophet (SAW) who said,
"The angels do not enter a house wherein there is a dog or statues." (Muslim)
These Hadith and others are general for every kind of representation, whether
it has a shadow, like a figure, or if it does not have a shadow, which is like
a drawing on a wall, paper, clothing and so forth. It is confirmed that the
Prophet (SAW) entered the Kabah and it contained pictures and he asked for a
pitcher of water and he began to efface them, saying, "May Allah destroy
those who make pictures of what they do not create." (Confirmed and Recorded by
Al-Tayalisi and Dhiya al-Maqdisi) An exception to this ruling during this
time is money containing the picture of kings as well as
passports and identification cards. Due to the need and necessity of these
items, it is allowed to carry them according to need. And Allah (SWT) knows
best. -Shaikh Ibn Jibreen
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Collecting Pictures for Memory's Sake It is not allowed for any Muslim,
male or female, to collect pictures of living creatures, human or otherwise,
for memorys sake. In fact, one must destroy them for it is confirmed that the
Prophet said to Ali (RA), "Do not leave an image but efface it and do not
leave a grave elevated but level it." (Recorded by Muslim) It is also
confirmed from him (SAW) that he forbade pictures in the House. When he (SAW)
entered the Kabah after the Conquest of Makkah, he saw pictures on its curtain
and he requested water and a cloth and he wiped them away. There is nothing
wrong with pictures of inanimate objects, such as mountains, shrubbery and so
forth. -Shaikh Ibn Baz (ra)
Verily my happiness is my iman &verily my iman is in my heart & verily my heart
does not belong to anyone but Allah (Asma bint Abu Bakr R.A)
