The Shaykh’s clarification that none of these hadiths he cited specify that this warning for image-makers is limited to three-dimensional images, but rather it is general for every image.

The Shaykh : And no hadith regarding three-dimensional images has come to us in all these hadiths. Not a single one has come to us up to now in all these hadiths that explicitly states that this warning, with which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) warned image-makers and those who keep such images, is specifically for three-dimensional images. No hadith has come to us that explicitly states this. Rather, there is the hadith of Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), where he said: And even so, this is like its predecessors among the hadiths; it is not explicit that these images are three-dimensional. In fact, the word "obliterated" in it may be an indication that the image is not three-dimensional, because the obliteration of images that were written or painted with paint or... for example, if they are obliterated with some color or on walls, is closer to breaking an idol if it is three-dimensional. In all of this is a lesson regarding the deviation of those who interpret these images, about which these hadiths prohibit them, as being three-dimensional, whereas the mention of three-dimensionality or its meaning has not come in any of these hadiths.