حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَا تَدْخُلُ الْمَلَائِکَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ کَلْبٌ وَلَا تِمْثَالٌ وَقَالَ انْطَلِقْ بِنَا إِلَی أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَائِشَةَ نَسْأَلْهَا عَنْ ذَلِکَ فَانْطَلَقْنَا فَقُلْنَا يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِکَذَا وَکَذَا فَهَلْ سَمِعْتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَذْکُرُ ذَلِکَ قَالَتْ لَا وَلَکِنْ سَأُحَدِّثُکُمْ بِمَا رَأَيْتُهُ فَعَلَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ وَکُنْتُ أَتَحَيَّنُ قُفُولَهُ فَأَخَذْتُ نَمَطًا کَانَ لَنَا فَسَتَرْتُهُ عَلَی الْعَرَضِ فَلَمَّا جَائَ اسْتَقْبَلْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْکَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَکَاتُهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَعَزَّکَ وَأَکْرَمَکَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَی الْبَيْتِ فَرَأَی النَّمَطَ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ شَيْئًا وَرَأَيْتُ الْکَرَاهِيَةَ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَأَتَی النَّمَطَ حَتَّی هَتَکَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَأْمُرْنَا فِيمَا رَزَقَنَا أَنْ نَکْسُوَ الْحِجَارَةَ وَاللَّبِنَ قَالَتْ فَقَطَعْتُهُ وَجَعَلْتُهُ وِسَادَتَيْنِ وَحَشَوْتُهُمَا لِيفًا فَلَمْ يُنْکِرْ ذَلِکَ عَلَيَّ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4153
Narrated Abu Talhat al-Ansari: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: The angels do not enter a house which contains a dog or a picture. Zaid bin Khalid al-Juhani said to Saeed bin Yasar al-Ansari, the transmitter of this tradition: Go with me to Aishah, Mother of Faithful, so that we ask about it. So we went and said to her: Mother of Faithful, Abu Talhah has transmitted to us a tradition so-and-so. Have you heard the Prophet ﷺ mentioning that ? She replied: No but I tell what I saw him doing. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went on an expedition and I was waiting for his return. I got a carpet which I hung as a screen on a stick over the door. When he came I received him and said: Peace be upon you, Messenger of Allah, His mercy and His blessings. Praise to be Allah Who gave you dominance and respect. Then he looked at the house and saw the carpet; and he did not respond to me at all. I found (signs of) disapproval in his face. He then came to the carpet and tore it down. He then said: Allah has not commanded us to clothe stones and clay out of the sustenance He has given us. She said: I then cut it to pieces and made two pillows out of it and stuffed them with palm fibre, and he did not disapprove of it to me.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020