أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَکْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَقَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام عَلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ ادْخُلْ فَقَالَ کَيْفَ أَدْخُلُ وَفِي بَيْتِکَ سِتْرٌ فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ فَإِمَّا أَنْ تُقْطَعَ رُئُوسُهَا أَوْ تُجْعَلَ بِسَاطًا يُوطَأُ فَإِنَّا مَعْشَرَ الْمَلَائِکَةِ لَا نَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5380
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “Jibril, peace be pon him, asked permission to enter upon the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and he said: ‘Come in.’ He said: ‘How can I come in when there is a curtain in your house on which there are images? You should either cut off their heads or make it into a rug to be stepped on, for we Angels do not enter a house in which there are images.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020