[Machine] So he said, "Oh Abu Abbas, what is this garment?" He said, "And what is it?" He said, "This is Istabraq." He said, "By Allah, I didn't know about it, and I don't think that the Prophet ﷺ forbade it except out of arrogance and pride. And praise be to Allah, we are not such people." He said, "Then what are these images in the camera?" He said, "Don't you see that we burned them with fire?" So when the conqueror left, he said, "Take off this garment from me and cut the heads of these statues." They said, "Oh Abu Abbas, if you had taken them to the market, you could have sold them along with the heads." He said, "No." So he ordered the cutting of their heads.
فَقال يَا أَبَا عَبَّاسٍ مَا هَذَا الثَّوْبُ؟ قَالَ وَمَا هُوَ؟ قَالَهَذَا الْإِسْتَبْرَقُ قَالَ وَاللهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ بِهِ وَمَا أَظُنُّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ هَذَا حِينَ نَهَى عَنْهُ إِلا لِلتَّجَبُّرِ وَالتَّكَبُّرِ وَلَسْنَا بِحَمْدِ اللهِ كَذَلِكَ قَالَ فَمَا هَذِهِ التَّصَاوِيرُ فِي الْكَانُونِ؟ قَالَ أَلا تَرَى قَدْ أَحْرَقْنَاهَا بِالنَّارِ؟ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ الْمِسْوَرُ قَالَ انْزَعُوا هَذَا الثَّوْبَ عَنِّي وَاقْطَعُوا رُءُوسَ هَذِهِ التَّمَاثِيلِ قَالُوا يَا أَبَا عَبَّاسٍ لَوْ ذَهَبْتَ بِهَا إِلَى السُّوقِ كَانَ أَنْفَقَ لَهَا مَعَ الرَّأْسِ؟ قَالَ لَا فَأَمَرَ بِقَطْعِ رُءُوسِهَا