Picture-making in Islam

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said,"On the Day of Judgment, the picture-makers will be punished and will be told, "Bring to life whatyou have created.” 1On the authority of 'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) who said, "Once the Messenger ofAllah (pbuh) came back from a journey while I unintentionally covered myself with a curtain on whichthere were pictures of statutes. Upon seeing it, the face of the Messenger of Allah was changed and said,"0 'Aishah, the most severely punished among people (on the Day of Judgment) will be those who try tocreate some thing similar to what Allah has created. 'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with he) said, 'I cut itoff and made from it two cushions.” 2On the authority of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be

pleased with him) who said,"I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying, "Every picture-maker will be in Hell-Fire, in which therewill be, with every picture he has made (in the worldly life), a soul with which he will be tortured.” 3Ibn ' Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) also reported that, "I heard the messenger of Allah (pbuh)saying,"In the worldly life, whoever made a picture, he would be ordered, on the Day of Judgment, to put life intoit which he would never be able to do.” 4The Prophet (pbuh) has also been reported to have said,"Allah the Almighty says, who does greater wrong than he who desires to create the like of what I create? Letthem create a grain of barely! Let them create an atom.” The Prophet (pbuh) said,

"On the Day of Judgment, a neck (person) will come out from the Hell and will say, "1 amentrusted with three persons, whoever associated with Allah other partners, every tyrant and oppressor andpicture-maker.” 1The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said,"The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture.” 2In Sunan Abu Dawud, it is reported on the authority of 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib that the Messenger ofAllah (pbuh) said,"The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog, a picture or a person who is in a state ofritual impurity.”