The Quran says: The prohibitions in the Quran are outlined clearly and un-ambiguously, nowhere in the Quran do we read any prohibition of pictures. It is also made clear in the Quran (as outlined previously) that the prophet may only prohibit what is prohibited by God in the Quran and nothing else (see 66:1).
Hadith attributed to the prophet:
When we read various hadith we are told that the prophet considered all pictures to be unrighteous and are subject to prohibition!
Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54, Number 449:
Narrated Busr bin Said:
That Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani narrated to him something in the presence of Said bin
‘Ubaidullah Al-Khaulani who was brought up in the house of Maimuna the wife of the Prophet.
Zaid narrated to them that Abu Talha said that the Prophet said, “The Angels (of Mercy) do not enter a house wherein there is a picture”
Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54, Number 450:
Narrated Salim’s father:
Once Gabriel promised the Prophet (that he would visit him, but Gabriel did not come) and later on he said, “We, angels, do not enter a house which contains a picture or a dog”
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