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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Discussion of the remaining hadiths in the chapter on image-making and decoration, through the explanation of the hadith in which it is reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to

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The Shaykh: ... So the cloak that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to gird himself with was made either of wool or of silk ... wool or other materials such as cotton
and other materials. Then he mentioned that this cloak was decorated with patterns, explaining that "decorated" means it had images of saddles on it. This indicates that decoration, image-making, and representation—which is image-making—were common in the time of the Messenger (peace be upon him). However, they avoided making images of things that have a soul and life. This is because Islam forbade image-making as long as the image has a soul, whether the image is three-dimensional or not, and whether it has a shadow or not, like these saddles that were depicted on these garments or on this cloak that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) wore before the Companions one day, which had images of saddles on it; that is, saddles; meaning without a rider.
This serves as a reminder that if a Muslim wants to satisfy his desire for art, as they say today, his scope is within these limits, in what Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has permitted regarding image-making for anything that has no soul. It is permissible to depict trees, rivers, mountains, and all natural scenery, but one must not depict humans or animals. This is derived from the fact that the cloak of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was decorated with images of saddles.
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