From the explanation of the book "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib," Chapter: Warning against drawing animals and birds in houses and elsewhere

The Shaykh: And I remember well that a discussion took place between me and some Islamic preachers who, unfortunately, have no knowledge of the Sunnah regarding this issue; so he held the view that the images whose prohibition is mentioned in the hadiths refer only to hand-drawn images, and his argument was that this machine did not exist, and those who used it to draw were not present in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So I first reminded him of this fact which I have explained to you: that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) speaks about Allah, even about hidden matters, and this is one of the paths of Islam. In many of our lectures, we go on and on about the greatness of Islam and that it is suitable for every time and every place and... the common people, and then we ignore this fact in such general texts. , this is just as we say:
So I said to this preacher mentioned: If you argue that this machine did not exist in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and therefore the hadiths do not include it; then you are required to say that these idols which are produced now by the thousands—we do not doubt these thousands, but we imagine; like what they say, the sacrificial animal is slaughtered from here and comes out, I don't know after how many meters, canned and stored in the can, likewise these massive landmarks, a solid thing is brought in, such as a substance... it is liquefied, and then there come out idols ready for use. These idols are undoubtedly three-dimensional statues; so one could say—also, on the same basis as that speaker—and there are many of them!—that these idols which are manufactured by the thousands are not idols and are not forbidden, even though the apparent meaning of his saying: , and so on includes this type, but this type did not exist in the time of the Messenger (peace be upon him); so do you say this? By Allah, we rarely find one who is fair, and this was one of that few, he was fair; he said: No, these are idols. I said to him: These are images; so what is the difference? These are idols but the machine is different, and these are images the machine is different; so they fall under the generality of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) previously mentioned in many hadiths.