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ahmad:4779 – Wakīʿ > Ḥanẓalah > Sālim from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited the drawing of statues.

أحمد:٤٧٧٩ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تُضْرَبَ الصُّورَةُ

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bukhari:5541 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Ḥanẓalah > Sālim > Ibn ʿUmar > Karih > Tuʿlam al-Ṣūrah

that Ibn ʿUmar disliked the branding of animals on the face. Ibn ʿUmar said, "The Prophet ﷺ forbade beating (animals) on the face."

البخاري:٥٥٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّهُ كَرِهَ أَنْ تُعْلَمَ الصُّورَةُ

وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ تُضْرَبَ

تَابَعَهُ قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَنْقَزِيُّ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ وَقَالَ تُضْرَبُ الصُّورَةُ