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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the author's statement: The fifth point: That Allah creates a soul for every image, by which the image-maker will be punished in Hellfire.

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The Shaykh : punishment, and this is clear from the hadith
The people who will be most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection will be those who try to match the creation of Allah. أشد الناس عذابا يوم القيامة الذين يضاهئون بخلق الله
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5356Sahih (Darussalam)

"The fifth point: That Allah creates a soul for every image, by which the image-maker will be punished in Hellfire"
The student: ...

The Shaykh : He creates for him a soul for every image he has made, by which he will be punished in Hellfire.
"The sixth point: That he is commanded to breathe life into it"
he will be asked to infuse spirit therein, which he will not be able to doكلف أن ينفخ فيها الروح وليس بنافخ
Riyad as-Salihin 1544

"The seventh point: The command to obliterate it if it is found" here
Spare no portrait unwiped out أن لا تدع صورة إلا طمستها
Riyad as-Salihin 1687

"The eighth point: Combining the image of statues and the image of graves"
Spare no portrait unwiped out, and leave not a high grave unlevelled. أن لا تدع صورة إلا طمستها ولا قبرا مشرفا إلا سويته
Riyad as-Salihin 1687
because in each of them is a means to shirk (associating partners with Allah), so this is the point of combining them.
And the eighth point "The ninth point: Affirming the punishment" affirming the punishment on the Day of Resurrection.
And "The tenth point: That the reward is of the same kind as the deed" because for every soul he has created, yes, for every image he has made, a soul is created by which he will be punished in Hellfire, because this is his deed, so his reward is like his deed. Other benefits are also taken from it, but they have no connection to tawhid (the oneness of Allah).

The Shaykh : Then the author said, yes.
The student: ...
Source alathar.net

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