Evidences that image-making is the exclusive preserve of Allaah (Subhanna wa ta'ala) are the following:
In the Holy Quran:
Allah says:
“He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He wills”(al ‘Imraan :6)
“And surely, We created you and then gave you shape (the noble shape of a human being); then We told the angels, ‘Prostrate yourselves to Adam’”(al-A’raaf :11)
“He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor of all things, the Bestower of forms. To Him belong the Best Names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorify Him. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise”(al-Hashr :24)
“O man! What has made you careless about your Lord, the Most Generous? Who created you, fashioned you perfectly, and gave you due proportion. In whatever form He willed, He put you together.”(al-Infitaar:6-8)
From the Sunnah of the Prophet (Sala Allahu alaihi wa salam):
It was reported from ‘A’ishah Umm al-Mu’mineen that Umm Habeebah and Umm Salamah mentioned a church which they had seen in Ethiopia, in which there were images. They told the Prophet (Sala Allahu alaihi wa salam) about it, and he said: “Those people, if there was a righteous man among them and he died, they would build a place of worship over his grave and put images in it. These will be the most evil of creation before Allaah on the Day of Resurrection.”(narrated by al-Bukhaari, 417; Muslim, 528)
Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar said: This hadeeth indicates that making images is haraam. (Fath al-Baari, 1/525).
Al-Nawawi said:
Our companions and other scholars said: making images of animate beings is extremely haraam and is a major sin, because severe warnings have been issued against it in the ahaadeeth. Whether the image is made to be used in a disrespectful fashion or for other purposes, it is haraam to make it in all cases, because it implies that one is trying to match the creation of Allaah, whether the image is to appear on a garment, carpet, coin, vessel, wall or whatever. With regard to pictures of trees, camel saddles, and other pictures in which no animate beings appear, these are not haraam. This is the ruling on making images. (Sharh Muslim, 14/81)
Sa’eed ibn Abi’l-Hasan said: I was with Ibn ‘Abbaas (Radia Allahu anhun) when a man came to him and said, O Abu ‘Abbaas, I am a man who lives by what his hands make, and I make these images. Ibn ‘Abbaas said: I will only tell you what I heard the Messenger of Allaah (Sala Allahu alaihi wa salam) say. I heard him say: “Whoever makes an image, Allaah will punish him until he breathes life into it, and he will never be able to do that.” The man became very upset and his face turned pale, so [Ibn ‘Abbaas] said to him, Woe to you! If you insist on making images, then make images of these trees and everything that does not have a soul.(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2112; Muslim, 2110).
‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (Sala Allahu alaihi wa salam) say: The people who will be the most severely punished before Allaah on the Day of Resurrection will be the image makers.(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5606; Muslim, 2109).
It was reported from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar (Radia Allahu anhun) that the Messenger of Allaah (Sala Allahu alaihi wa salam) said: Those who make these images will be punished on the Day of Resurrection. It will be said to them, Give life to that which you have created!(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5607; Muslim, 2108).
It was reported that Abu Hurayrah entered a house in Madeenah and saw somebody making images in it. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (Sala Allahu alaihi wa salam) say: Allaah says:Who does greater wrong than one who goes and creates something like My creation? Let them create a seed or a small ant!(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5609; Muslim, 2111).
Al-Nawawi said:
Concerning the words of Allaah. “Let them create a small ant or a seed or a grain of barley!” means, let them create a small ant which has a soul and moves by itself, like this small ant which was created by Allaah. Or let them create a grain of wheat or barley, i.e., let them create a grain which is eaten as food or which can be planted so it will grow and which has the characteristics of a grain of wheat or barley or other seeds which were created by Allaah. This is impossible, as stated above. (Sharh Muslim, 14/90). None can bring forth living vegetation out of nothing except Allaah, may He be glorified.
Abu Juhayfah said: the Prophet (Sala Allahu alaihi wa salam) forbade the price of a dog and the price of blood, and he forbade tattooing and asking to be tattooed, and the consumption or paying of ribaa, and he cursed those who make images.(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1980).
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