Mohammed bin Yaqoob narrates through a chain of narrators...
Mohammed bin Yaqoob narrates through a chain of narrators that Imam Abu Abdullah -asw s told us that the messenger of Allah -saww has said: Gabriel -as came to Me -saww and said: O Mohammed -saww ! The Lord -azwj Sends you -saww greetings and forbids the ‘Tazweek’ decoration of houses, Abu baseer asked : what Allah -azwj Means by the decoration of the houses? Imam -asws replied: The pictures and statues.
[13] وعن علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن رجل، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال: من مثل تمثالا كلف يوم القيامة أن ينفخ فيه الروح. Ali bin Ibrahim narrates from Imam Abu Abd Allah -asws : Whoever creates an Image/picture of living being on Doomsday Allah -azwj will ask him to blow life into it.
[14] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَتَانِي جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَنْهَى عَنْ تَزْوِيقِ الْبُيُوتِ قَالَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ فَقُلْتُ مَا تَزْوِيقُ الْبُيُوتِ فَقَالَ تَصَاوِيرُ التَّمَاثِيلِ Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Muhammad ibn Khalid and al-Husayn ibn Sa’id from al-Qasirn ibn Muhammad al-Jawhariy from Ali ibn abu Hamzah from abu Basir who has said the following: ‘Abu Abd Allah -asws has said that the Messenger of Allah -saww has said: ‘Once Jibril -as came to me -saww and said: ‘O Muhammad, your Lord -azwj Sends you greeting of peace and prohibits you to decorate the houses.’ Abu Basir has said: ‘I asked what is decorating the house?’ He -asws said: ‘It is pictures and statues.’ [15] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي هَدْمِ الْقُبُورِ وَ كَسْرِ الصُّوَرِ A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Ashariy from ibn al-Qaddah who has said the following: ‘Abu Abd Allah -asws has said that Amir-ul-Momineen -asws has said that the Messenger of Allah -saww sent me to destroy the graves [16] and pictures (forms)’.
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