The reason for the narration of the hadith (Indeed, among the most severely punished people on the Day of Resurrection are those who depict these images) refutes al-Qaradawi’s statement that the forbidden images are the three-dimensional ones and those worshipped besides Allah

The Shaykh : The point is that the author says: "And Islam forbade the Muslim to engage in the making of statues." This is in the context where the author is still referring to three-dimensional statues first, and statues worshipped besides Allah second. This means restricting the claim, which is not permissible in our view, as we have explained and will explain further. He said: "And Islam forbade the Muslim to engage in the making of statues, even if he makes them for non-Muslims." He said - peace and blessings be upon him - : , and in another narration: , agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. Here is a note: The hadith here says: . The demonstrative pronoun "these" here, when the author places this hadith in this context, meaning in the discussion of the prohibition of statues worshipped besides Allah - Blessed and Exalted is He -, the author placing this hadith in this context implies that the demonstrative pronoun "these images" undoubtedly leads the reader to understand that the reference in the hadith points to these statues the author is discussing, namely the three-dimensional statues worshipped besides Allah - Mighty and Majestic. Is that the case? No. This is a criticism of the author, as he limited himself to quoting the text of the hadith without mentioning the occasion on which the Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings be upon him - mentioned this hadith. The occasion was withThe Shaykh : the scholars to whom the author attributed this hadith. When they narrated it for the following occasion: , Imam Ahmad and others added with a sound chain: . So does the demonstrative pronoun refer first to three-dimensional statues? No, but to those woven on the bed, so they are not three-dimensional first. Then does the demonstrative pronoun "these" refer to the statues worshipped besides Allah - Mighty and Majestic -, which are horses with wings? The answer is no. All of humanity has known that shirk (associating partners with Allah) occurs in many forms. Some worship the sun, some worship the moon, and some worship cows. As for horses with wings, history does not speak of them except as a product of human imagination and from the stories told in the Isra'iliyyat, as mentioned in a hadith of Abu Dawud from the hadith of Aisha - may Allah be pleased with her -: "That she had dolls when she was young, and in the house of the Messenger - peace and blessings be upon him -, he entered on her one day and saw in her house girls' toys or dolls made from rags, and she was playing with them with girls of her age. The Messenger - peace and blessings be upon him - saw among those toys images resembling horses with wings. He said - peace and blessings be upon him - to her, teasing her: . She said - may Allah be pleased with her -: Did you not hear, O Messenger of Allah, that the horses of Sulayman - peace be upon him - had wings? The Messenger of Allah - peace and blessings be upon him and his family - laughed. So the name: the reference returns first: to images that are not three-dimensional, and second: to images that were not worshipped besides Allah - Mighty and Majestic -, but were for decoration and patterns. Therefore, using this hadith as evidence, or interpreting this hadith to mean that the images mentioned in it are the three-dimensional ones and the three-dimensional ones worshipped besides Allah - Mighty and Majestic -, this is contrary to the intent of the Messenger - peace and blessings be upon him - when he mentioned this hadith on that occasion.