Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 3 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 204

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بِامْرَأَةٍ فِي لِبَاسِهَا أَوْ فِي شَعْرِهَا أَوْ مَا أَشْبَهَ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ مَا أَرَدْتُ التَّشَبُّهَ قُلْنَا لَهُ حَصَلَ التَّشَبُّهُ.

If someone imitates a woman in her clothing, her hair, or anything similar, and says, 'I did not intend to imitate,' we say to him, 'The imitation has occurred.'

الْحَالَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ أَنْ يُصَوِّرَ صُورَةً لَيْسَ لَهَا جِسْمٌ بَلْ بِالتَّلْوِينِ وَالتَّخْطِيطِ، فَهَذَا مُحَرَّمٌ لِعُمُومِ الْحَدِيثِ، وَيَدُلُّ عَلَيْهِ حَدِيثُ النَّمْرَقَةِ حَيْثُ أَقْبَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ رَأَى نَمْرَقَةً فِيهَا تَصَاوِيرُ فَوَقَفَ وَتَأَثَّرَ، وَعُرِفَتِ الْكَرَاهَةُ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا: مَا أَذْنَبْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ: «إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرِ يُعَذَّبُونَ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ»

The second case is to create an image that has no body, but rather is done through coloring and drawing; this is forbidden due to the general nature of the hadith, and the hadith of the cushion serves as evidence for this, as the Prophet (peace be upon him) approached his house, and when he wanted to enter, he saw a cushion with images on it, so he stopped and was affected, and dislike was recognized on his face, so Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said, 'I have not sinned, O Messenger of Allah,' and he said, 'The makers of these images will be punished, and it will be said to them, "Bring to life what you have created."'"

فَالصُّوَرُ بِالتَّلْوِينِ كَالصُّوَرِ بِالتَّجْسِيمِ، وَقَوْلُهُ فِي صَحِيحِ الْبُخَارِيِّ: «إِلَّا رَقْمًا فِي ثَوْبٍ» إِنْ صَحَّتِ الرِّوَايَةُ هَذِهِ فَالْمُرَادُ بِالِاسْتِثْنَاءِ مَا يَحِلُّ تَصْوِيرُهُ مِنَ الْأَشْجَارِ وَنَحْوِهَا.

Thus, images made by coloring are like images made by sculpting, and his statement in Sahih al-Bukhari, 'except for a pattern on a garment,' if this narration is authentic, then the intended meaning of the exception is what is permissible to depict, such as trees and the like.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (23 verbs · 47 nouns)

• أَشْبَهَ — to resemble
• أَرَادَ — to want
• حَصَلَ — to happen
• امْرَأَة — woman
• لِبَاس — clothing
• شَعْر — hair