When the Prophet ﷺ became ill, some of his wives talked about a church which they had seen in Ethiopia and it was called Mariya. Um Salma and Um Habiba had been to Ethiopia, and both of them narrated its (the Church's) beauty and the pictures it contained. The Prophet ﷺ raised his head and said, "Those are the people who, whenever a pious man dies amongst them, make a place of worship at his grave and then they make those pictures in it. Those are the worst creatures in the Sight of Allah." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1341)
كَانَ مَرِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ تَذَاكَرَ بَعْضُ نِسَائِهِ كَنِيسَةً بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ يُقَالُ لَهَا مَارِيَةُ وَقَدْ كَانَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ وَأُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ ؓ قَدْ أَتَتَا أَرْضَ الْحَبَشَةِ فَذَكَرْنَ مِنْ حُسْنِهَا وَتَصَاوِيرِهَا قَالَتْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ أُولَئِكَ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهِمُ الرَّجُلُ الصَّالِحُ بَنَوْا عَلَى قَبْرِهِ مَسْجِدًا ثُمَّ صَوَّرُوا فِيهِ تِلْكَ الصُّوَرَ أُولَئِكَ شِرَارُ الْخَلْقِ عِنْدَ اللهِ