\nNarrated Sa`id bin Abu Al-Hasan:\n \n\nWhile I was with Ibn `Abbas a man came and said, "O father of `Abbas! My sustenance is from my \nmanual profession and I make these pictures." Ibn `Abbas said, "I will tell you only what I heard from \nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) . I heard him saying, 'Whoever makes a picture will be punished by Allah till he puts \nlife in it, and he will never be able to put life in it.' " Hearing this, that man heaved a sigh and his face \nturned pale. Ibn `Abbas said to him, "What a pity! If you insist on making pictures I advise you to \nmake pictures of trees and any other unanimated objects."\n

\nNarrated Sa`id bin Abu Al-Hasan:\n \n\nWhile I was with Ibn `Abbas a man came and said, "O father of `Abbas! My sustenance is from my \nmanual profession and I make these pictures." Ibn `Abbas said, "I will tell you only what I heard from \nAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) . I heard him saying, 'Whoever makes a picture will be punished by Allah till he puts \nlife in it, and he will never be able to put life in it.' " Hearing this, that man heaved a sigh and his face \nturned pale. Ibn `Abbas said to him, "What a pity! If you insist on making pictures I advise you to \nmake pictures of trees and any other unanimated objects."\n

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَوْفٌ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ إِذْ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبَّاسٍ إِنِّي إِنْسَانٌ، إِنَّمَا مَعِيشَتِي مِنْ صَنْعَةِ يَدِي، وَإِنِّي أَصْنَعُ هَذِهِ التَّصَاوِيرَ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لاَ أُحَدِّثُكَ إِلاَّ مَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ‏\n"‏ مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ مُعَذِّبُهُ، حَتَّى يَنْفُخَ فِيهَا الرُّوحَ، وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِخٍ فِيهَا أَبَدًا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَرَبَا الرَّجُلُ رَبْوَةً شَدِيدَةً وَاصْفَرَّ وَجْهُهُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ وَيْحَكَ إِنْ أَبَيْتَ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَصْنَعَ، فَعَلَيْكَ بِهَذَا الشَّجَرِ، كُلِّ شَىْءٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ رُوحٌ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ سَمِعَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ مِنَ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ هَذَا الْوَاحِدَ‏.‏