Sunan Abi Dawud · Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)
باب فِي الصُّوَرِ
Chapter: Images.
7 hadith · references 4152–4158
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Abu Dawud · 4152لَا تَدْخُلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ وَلَا كَلْبٌ وَلَا جُنُبٌNarrated Ali ibn Abu Talib: The Prophet ﷺ said: The angels do not enter a house which contains a picture, a dog, or a man who is impure by sexual defilement.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4153لَا تَدْخُلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَلَا تِمْثَالٌ ، وَقَالَ : انْطَلِقْ بِنَا إِلَى أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَائِشَةَ نَسْأَلْهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ ، فَانْطَلَقْنَا ، فَقُلْنَا : يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ أَبَNarrated Abu Talhat al-Ansari: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: The angels do not enter a house which contains a dog or a picture. Zaid bin Khalid al-Juhani said to Saeed bin Yasar al-Ansari, the transmitter of this tradition:6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4154حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ مِثْلِهِ ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : يَا أُمَّهْ إِنَّ هَذَا حَدَّثَنِي ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Suhail through a different chain of narrators like the previous one. This version has: I said: Mother, he has told me that the Prophet ﷺ has said: He also said t3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4155إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌNarrated Abu Talhah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: The angels do not enter the house which contains a picture. Busr (b. Saeed), the transmitter of this tradition, said: Zaid (b. Khalid al-Juhani) then fell it and w6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4156أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ زَمَنَ الْفَتْحِ وَهُوَ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الْكَعْبَةَ ، فَيَمْحُوَ كُلَّ صُورَةٍ فِيهَا فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْهَاNarrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet ﷺ ordered Umar ibn al-Khattab who was in al-Batha' at the time of the conquest (of Makkah) to visit the Kabah and obliterate all images in it. The Prophet ﷺ did not enter it until6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4157إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام كَانَ وَعَدَنِي أَنْ يَلْقَانِي اللَّيْلَةَ فَلَمْ يَلْقَنِي ثُمَّ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِهِ جَرْوُ كَلْبٍ تَحْتَ بِسَاطٍ لَنَا فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ مَاءً فَنَضَحَ بNarrated Ibn Abbas: Maimunah, wife of the Prophet ﷺ reported him as saying: Gabriel ﷺ promised to visit me last night, but he did not visit me. Then it occurred to him that there was a pup under his bed. So he ordered an7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4158أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام ، فَقَالَ لِي : أَتَيْتُكَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَكُونَ دَخَلْتُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَى الْبَابِ تَمَاثِيلُ وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ قِرَامُ سِتْرٍ فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Gabriel ﷺ came to me and said: I came to you last night and was prevented from entering simply because there were images at the door, for there was a decorated curtai5 narrators