Image-making of trees and the meaning of the soul and life

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if I tell some people that it is not permissible to make images of beings with souls, they say that trees have a soul, and that they feel and feed, so it is not permissible to make images of them either.

Answer:
This is a fallacy. Trees do not have a soul. The soul is in the human being who moves. The soul is specific to animals; it is specific to animals. As for inanimate objects and trees, they do not have a soul; they have life. Life is not the soul. Life is of two types: they say life of growth and life of movement. Life of movement is specific to animals. As for life of growth, this is found in trees and plants. Life of growth is not called a soul; it is called life. As for the soul, it is specific to humans and animals in general, insects, birds, and everything that has voluntary movement. If it has voluntary and intentional movement, that is a sign that it has a soul. Yes.