The Evidence That Image-Making Is Among the Major Sins

Question : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. We have previously stated that image-making is forbidden and that it is among the major sins. We now wish to present the clearest evidence that it is among the major sins. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, reporting from his Lord (Mighty and Majestic): “Who is more unjust than the one who attempts to create a creation like My creation? Let him create a single grain of dust or a single grain of barley.” And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “May Allah curse the makers of images.”

Answer : Yes, very well.