حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ أُصَوِّرُ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرَ وَأَصْنَعُ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرَ فَأَفْتِنِي فِيهَا قَالَ ادْنُ مِنِّي فَدَنَا مِنْهُ حَتَّى وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ قَالَ أُنَبِّئُكَ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ كُلُّ مُصَوِّرٍ فِي النَّارِ يُجْعَلُ لَهُ بِكُلِّ صُورَةٍ صَوَّرَهَا نَفْسٌ تُعَذِّبُهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ لَا بُدَّ فَاعِلًا فَاجْعَلْ الشَّجَرَ وَمَا لَا نَفْسَ لَهُ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2811
It was narrated that Sa'eed bin Abil-Hasan said: A man came to Ibn 'Abbas (RA) and said: O Abul-Abbas, I am a man who makes these images. What do you advise me with regard to them? He said: Come closer. So he came closer, and he said: Come closer. So he came closer, until he placed his hand on his head. He said: I will tell you what I heard from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). He said: "F.very image-maker will be in the Fire, and every image he made will be given a soul and will punish him in Hell.” If you must do that, then make trees and that which has no soul.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ