How to reconcile the hadiths prohibiting image-making with the hadith "except a picture on a garment"?

Al-Halabi: Our Shaykh, we seek clarification on the issue of image-making, specifically how to reconcile the hadiths that prohibit image-making with the hadith containing , especially since this has become difficult for some of our distinguished brothers, causing them to hesitate in this matter.

The Shaykh : "Except a picture on a garment": This picture on the garment mentioned in the hadith, if it is a three-dimensional image, its apparent meaning distinguishes it from a fragmented image whose features are not distinct. There is no doubt that the second case is permissible and lawful. In my opinion, the difficulty remains with the first case, i.e., the first scenario, where the image is, for example, on this garment, clear and distinct. We say in that case . If this garment is not respected or honored, but rather is despicable, meaning it is hung on the walls of gathering places or the like, then it can be said that this is what is intended in this hadith. However, we must always not forget a very important scientific rule, which is that verbal hadiths must be interpreted by practical hadiths. This is . We said it is possible that the picture is a clear image like this, or that it has no distinct features. If we study the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) and the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) rebuke of her... the cushion she bought for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in joy at his arrival, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rebuked her and informed her that . So, this hadith means that even if this image was something to lean on, what did Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) do with this cushion? She cut it. She cut it. This cutting, without doubt, must be interpreted as I mentioned in my book "Etiquette of the Wedding", that the cutting was done to the image, and this is what we derived from it being a cushion, or a blanket, or a carpet, or something similar. At that point, interpreting the verbal hadith with the practical hadith is very necessary. So we interpret it not as the narrator of the hadith used it as evidence, i.e., in a distinct image, but rather "except a picture on a garment" where the remaining traces of the image are there, but it is not a complete image; rather, it has become, as Jibril (peace be upon him) said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "pass by the image until it changes until it becomes like a tree." So it is an image, and a picture on a garment, but its features have changed. On this basis, "except a picture on a garment" should be interpreted. After this answer, I want to draw attention to the fact that "except a picture on a garment" was an exception from the hadith . So that narrator came with his statement "except a picture on a garment." And after we have interpreted this exception to reconcile it with the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), we want to draw attention to the fact that this does not mean it is permissible for us to buy a garment, carpet, or blanket with an image on it. We are afflicted today with buying clothes for children that are all images. This is another matter. So it is not permissible for a Muslim to go to the market and buy clothes with images on them on the pretext that it is a "picture on a garment," because the hadith, first of all, did not address the issue of buying, because this buying involves assisting in evil. It only addressed the issue of angels entering: do angels enter a house with an image in it? The answer is no, unless it is a picture on a garment. In that case, the angels enter, with the previous details. But this does not mean it is permissible for us to buy these clothes in which this forbidden image has been depicted, because by doing so we assist in evil. Is that clear?
Al-Halabi: Very much, our Professor, may Allah bless you.

The questioner : A small question.

The Shaykh : No, make it big, may Allah reward you with good, so that the reward is increased... Ah, please go ahead.