From the explanation of the book "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib," the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

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The Shaykh : The ninth hadith is a weak hadith.
And the hadith following it, which is the tenth, is an authentic hadith, and it provides details of the previous hadith of Jibril. It is narrated by Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) 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 curtain with images on it in the house

أتاني جبريل - عليه السلام - فقال لي : أتيتُك البارحة فلم يمنَعْني أن أكونَ دخلْتُ إلا أنه كان على الباب تماثيل ، وكان في البيت قرامُ سترٍ فيه تماثيل

Sunan Abi Dawud 4158Sahih (Al-Albani)

- Note the wording - Jibril said:

was prevented from entering simply because there were images at the door

فلم يمنَعْني أن أكون دخلْتُ إلا أنه كان على الباب تماثيل

Sunan Abi Dawud 4158Sahih (Al-Albani)

; that is, what comes to people's minds today from the word "images" is idols, but that is not the case, as evidenced by his later statement:

for there was a decorated curtain with images on it in the house

وكان في البيت قِرام ستر فيه تماثيل

Sunan Abi Dawud 4158Sahih (Al-Albani)

. Does "curtains with images" mean idols? No; rather, the intended meaning is pictures, whether those on the door or those on the curtain.

and there was a dog in the house

وكان في البيت كلبٌ

Sunan Abi Dawud 4158Sahih (Al-Albani)

This is part of Jibril's complete statement, where he tells the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), explaining the reason for his delay in coming at the appointed time he had set for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So Jibril (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said:

and there was a dog in the house. So order the head of the image which is in the house to be cut off so that it resembles the form of a tree; order the curtain to be cut up and made into two cushions spread out on which people may tread; and order the dog to be turned out.

وكان في البيت كلبٌ ، فمُرْ برأس التمثال الذي في البيت يُقطع فيصير كهيئة الشجرة ، ومُرْ بالستر فَلْيقطع فيُجعل منه وسادَتَين منبوذَتَين تُوطآن ، ومُرْ بالكلب فلْيُخرج

Sunan Abi Dawud 4158Sahih (Al-Albani)

. It was narrated by Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, and Ibn Hibban in his "Sahih," and al-Tirmidhi said: It is a good, authentic hadith.
Hadiths of this type will come up regarding keeping a dog - if Allah wills -; that is, in the chapter or section on the warning against keeping a dog, hadiths will come that also include the prohibition of image-making.

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