al-Sunan al-Kabīr, Bayhaqī
السنن الكبير للبيهقي
The largest of the series of collection of aḥādīth by Bayhaqī on legal rulings. Full name: al-Sunan al-Kabīr / al-Kubrá (السنن الكبير / السنن الكبرى) (The Large Collection of the Sunnah). Sources: Shamela Book# 7861 for the Arabic text. The English translation is being added by myself and other contributors.
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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Gabriel ﷺ came to me and said: I came to you last night and was prevented from entering simply because there were images at the door, for there was a decorated curtain with images on it in the house, and there was a dog in the house. So order the head of the image which is in the house to be cut off so that it resembles the form of a tree; order the curtain to be cut up and made into two cushions spread out on which people may tread; and order the dog to be turned out. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then did so. The dog belonged to al-Hasan or al-Husayn and was under their couch. So he ordered it to be turned out. Abu Dawud said: Al-Nadd means a thing on which clothes are placed like a couch. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4158)
اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَتَيْتُكَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي مِنْ أَنْ أَدْخُلَ عَلَيْكَ الْبَيْتَ الَّذِي كُنْتَ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ فِي بَابِ الْبَيْتِ تِمْثَالُ رَجُلٍ وَسِتْرٌ فِيهِ تِمْثَالٌ وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ جِرْوٌ فَمُرْ بِرَأْسِ التِّمْثَالِ الَّذِي فِي الْبَيْتِ فَلْيُقْطَعْ وَمُرْ بِالسِّتْرِ فَلْيُقْطَعْ وَلْتَجْعَلْ مِنْهُ وِسَادَتَيْنِ تُبْتَذَلَانِ وَتُوطَآنِ وَمُرْ بِالْكَلْبِ فَلْيُخْرَجْ فَفَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا كَلْبٌ أَوْ جِرْوٌ لِلْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ ؓ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُخْرِجَ