Author: Shah Ismail Muhaddith Dehlawi
Submitted by: Kashif Butt on 30 July 2009
It is narrated by Ibn Abbas that he heard
the Prophet saying:
The one subjected to the severest torture on the
Day of Judgment shall be the one who either
killed a Prophet or the one who was killed by a
Prophet, or the one who has killed either of his
parents and the one portraying pictures, and a
scholar who does not benefit out of his
knowledge.
Baihaqi
It means that the one who portrays pictures, also
falls under the category of the major sins and
therefore a penalty which is incurred by the murderer
of a Messenger shall also be incurred by the
one who portrays pictures.
It is narrated by Abu Hurairah that he
heard the Prophet saying:
Allah the Almighty says that the most wrong-doer
person is the one who makes an effort to
create like I do. In case some one boasts of doing
that, let him create a particle, a grain or a
barley.
Al-Bukhari-Muslim
It implies that a portrayer (i.e. an artist)
surreptitiously claims Divinity. He intends to create
things which are the sole prerogative of Allah. He is
the most arrogant person and a great liar.Despite the
fact that he does not even possess the capability of
creating a grain, he is still trying to emulate
divinity. An imitator is a condemned person who is
accursed by Allah.
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