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ahmad:3272Muḥammad b. Bishr > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > Shahid al-Naḍr b. Anas > Qatādah

[Machine] He (Abdullah ibn Abbas) witnessed that the man gave religious rulings to the people without mentioning the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Then a man came and said, "I am a man from Iraq, and I make these images (referring to idols). He (Abdullah ibn Abbas) said, "Lower your voice twice or thrice. I heard Muhammad ﷺ or he said, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Whoever makes a picture will be commanded on the Day of Resurrection to breathe life into it, but he will not be able to do so.'"  

أحمد:٣٢٧٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ النَّضْرَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ يُحَدِّثُ قَتَادَةَ

أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَفْتَى النَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُ فِي فُتْيَاهُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ عِرَاقِيٌّ وَإِنِّي أُصَوِّرُ هَذِهِ التَّصَاوِيرَ؟ فَقَالَ ادْنُهْ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ أَوْ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً فِي الدُّنْيَا كُلِّفَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنْ يَنْفُخَ فِيهَا الرُّوحَ وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِخٍ  


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muslim:2110bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > al-Naḍr b. Anas b. Mālik

I was sitting with Ibn 'Abbas when he gave religious verdicts but he did not say that it was Messenger of Allah ﷺ who had said that. However when a man said to him (Ibn 'Abbas): I am the painter of these pictures. Ibn 'Abbas said: I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: He who painted pictures in the world would be compelled to breathe soul in them on the Day of Resurrection, but he would not be able to breathe soul (in them).  

مسلم:٢١١٠bوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَجَعَلَ يُفْتِي وَلاَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ أُصَوِّرُ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ادْنُهْ فَدَنَا الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً فِي الدُّنْيَا كُلِّفَ أَنْ يَنْفُخَ فِيهَا الرُّوحَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِخٍ  

nasai:5358ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith > Saʿīd b. Abū ʿArūbah > al-Naḍr b. Anas

"I was sitting with Ibn 'Abbas when a man from among the people of Al-'Iraq came to him and said: 'I make these images; what do you say concerning them?' He said: 'Come closer, come closer. I heard Muhammad [SAW] say: Whoever makes an image in this world will be commanded on the Day of Resurrection to breathe a soul into it, and he will not be able to do so."  

النسائي:٥٣٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ

إِنِّي أُصَوِّرُ هَذِهِ التَّصَاوِيرَ فَمَا تَقُولُ فِيهَا فَقَالَ ادْنُهْ ادْنُهْ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً فِي الدُّنْيَا كُلِّفَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنْ يَنْفُخَ فِيهَا الرُّوحَ وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِخِهِ  

ahmad:2162Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd > al-Naḍr b. Anas

[Machine] I was with Ibn Abbas while he was giving fatwas to the people without referring to the Prophet ﷺ. Until a man from the people of Iraq came to him and said, "I am a man from the people of Iraq, and I make these images." Ibn Abbas told him to bring them closer, either two or three times. Then he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever makes an image will be ordered on the Day of Resurrection to breathe life into it, and he will not be able to.'"  

أحمد:٢١٦٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَهُوَ يُفْتِي النَّاسَ لَا يُسْنِدُ إِلَى نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺشَيْئًا مِنْ فُتْيَاهُ حَتَّى جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ وَإِنِّي أُصَوِّرُ هَذِهِ التَّصَاوِيرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ادْنُهْ إِمَّا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاثًا فَدَنَا فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً فِي الدُّنْيَا يُكَلَّفُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنْ يَنْفُخَ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِخٍ  

bayhaqi:14569Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And Muḥammad b. Mūsá b. al-Faḍl > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Yaḥyá b. Abū Ṭālib > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Saʿīd > al-Naḍr b. Anas > Kunt ʿInd

[Machine] Ibn Abbas, while giving people fatwas, did not attribute any of his fatwas to the Prophet ﷺ . A man came to him and said, "I am from the people of Iraq, and I make these drawings." Ibn Abbas said to him, "Come closer, come closer, two or three times." Then he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever makes a picture in this world will be commanded on the Day of Resurrection to breathe life into it, and he will not be able to do so.'"  

البيهقي:١٤٥٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ الْفَضْلِ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ أنبأ سَعِيدٌ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ

ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ وَهُوَ يُفْتِي النَّاسَ لَا يُسْنِدُ شَيْئًا مِنْ فُتْيَاهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ وَإِنِّي أُصَوِّرُ هَذِهِ التَّصَاوِيرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ ادْنُهُ ادْنُهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا فَدَنَا فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً فِي الدُّنْيَا كُلِّفَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنْ يَنْفُخَ فِيهَا الرُّوحَ وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِخٍ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ