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ahmad:4475ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"The image-makers will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be told: 'Give life to that which you have created.' " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2151)   

أحمد:٤٤٧٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُصَوِّرِينَ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيُقَالُ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  


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bukhari:5951Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir > Anas b. ʿIyāḍ > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Those who make these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them. 'Make alive what you have created.'"  

البخاري:٥٩٥١حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَصْنَعُونَ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرَ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

bukhari:7557Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Nāfiʿ > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The painter of these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them, Make alive what you have created.' "  

البخاري:٧٥٥٧حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرِ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

bukhari:7558Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The painters of these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them, 'Make alive what you have created."  

البخاري:٧٥٥٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرِ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

muslim:2108a[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAlī b. Mushir [Chain 2] Ibn al-Muthanná > Yaḥyá / al-Qaṭṭān > ʿUbaydullāh [Chain 3] Ibn Numayr from my father > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Those who paint pictures would be punished on the Day of Resurrection and it would be said to them: Breathe soul into what you have created.  

مسلم:٢١٠٨aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَهُوَ الْقَطَّانُ جَمِيعًا عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الَّذِينَ يَصْنَعُونَ الصُّوَرَ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

nasai:5362Qutaybah > al-Layth > Nāfiʿ > al-Qāsim

The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "The makers of these images will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them: 'Bring to life that which you have created.'"  

النسائي:٥٣٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرِ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

ibnmajah:2151Muḥammad b. Rumḥ > al-Layth b. Saʿd > Nāfiʿ > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

"The image-makers will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be told: 'Give life to that which you have created.' "  

ابن ماجة:٢١٥١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ الصُّوَرِ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

ahmad:6084Yūnus > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh

"The image-makers will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be told: 'Give life to that which you have created.' " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2151)  

أحمد:٦٠٨٤حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ الصُّوَرِ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

ahmad:5767ʿAffān > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The painter of these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them, Make alive what you have created.' " (Using translation from Bukhārī 7557)  

أحمد:٥٧٦٧حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرِ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

ahmad:6262Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ṭufāwī > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet (PBUH), he said: "The makers of images will be punished on the Day of Judgment, and it will be said to them, 'Give life to what you have created.'"  

أحمد:٦٢٦٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطُّفَاوِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْمُصَوِّرُونَ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

ahmad:5168Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Those who paint pictures would be punished on the Day of Resurrection and it would be said to them: Breathe soul into what you have created. (Using translation from Muslim 2108a)   

أحمد:٥١٦٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الَّذِينَ يَصْنَعُونَ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرَ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

ahmad:4792Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿĀṣim b. ʿUbaydullāh > Sālim from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will be for the image-makers, and it will be said to them, 'Give life to what you have created.'"  

أحمد:٤٧٩٢حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الْمُصَوِّرُونَ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

ahmad:25869Ḥajjāj > Layth > Nāfiʿ > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

"The image-makers will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be told: 'Give life to that which you have created.' " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2151)  

أحمد:٢٥٨٦٩حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرِيُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

ahmad:24417al-Khuzāʿī > Layth > Nāfiʿ > al-Qāsim > ʿĀʾishah

"The image-makers will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be told: 'Give life to that which you have created.' " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2151)  

أحمد:٢٤٤١٧حَدَّثَنَا الْخُزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرِ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

ahmad:24510Hāshim > al-Layth > Nāfiʿ > al-Qāsim b. Muḥammad > ʿĀʾishah

"The image-makers will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and will be told: 'Give life to that which you have created.' " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2151)  

أحمد:٢٤٥١٠حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرِ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ  

nasai-kubra:9701Muḥammad b. Khalīl al-Dimashqī > Shuʿayb b. Isḥāq > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Those who make these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them. 'Make alive what you have created.'" (Using translation from Bukhārī 5951)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٧٠١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلِيلٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَصْنَعُونَ الصُّوَرَ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ»  

nasai-kubra:9704Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Nāfiʿ > al-Qāsim > ʿĀʾishah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The painter of these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them, Make alive what you have created.' " (Using translation from Bukhārī 7557)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٧٠٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرِ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ»