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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the discussion on the previous hadith regarding the refutation of those who interpret the texts to prohibit all images through types of false interpretations.

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The Shaykh : ... This is confirmed by the hadith, or one of the aforementioned hadiths of Abu Hurayrah, in which he narrated from his Lord, Blessed and Exalted is He, that He said:
Who are most unjust than those who try to create something like My creation? I challenge them to create even a smallest ant, a wheat grain or a barley grain. ومن أظلم ممن ذهب يخلق كخلقي فليخلقوا ذرة فليخلقوا حبة فليخلقوا شعيرة
Sahih al-Bukhari 7559
This is the word of Allah. It is reported that the reason Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated this hadith was that he passed by an artist who was drawing pictures in the palace of one of the Umayyads, drawing pictures on the walls, so he narrated this hadith to him. Those pictures as well, even if we imagine them to be raised and prominent, but they are not, in the expression of the jurists, three-dimensional... So, when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Everyone who makes representations of things will go to hell كل مصور في النار
Mishkat al-Masabih 4498
, he only received this meaning from Allah, Mighty and Majestic. And he explicitly stated in some hadiths that it is Allah who rebukes the artists for their drawing and admonishes them. Who dares to rival Allah, Mighty and Majestic, by going and drawing as Allah, Mighty and Majestic, draws? As He said:
So blessed is Allah, the best of creators. فتبارك الله أحسن الخالقين
[Al-Mu'minun 23:14]
So, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Everyone who makes representations of things will go to hell كل مصور في النار
Mishkat al-Masabih 4498
, is it strange for the revelation from the sky, meaning for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to send down to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a general ruling that includes details that had not yet occurred? If we keep this reality in mind, it is not strange that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), when he said:
Everyone who makes representations of things will go to hell كل مصور في النار
Mishkat al-Masabih 4498
, also meant the artists who were not in his time (peace and blessings be upon him), because it is Allah who inspired him to say this comprehensive general word, including artists by photographic camera.
Source alathar.net

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