Chapters on Dress

كتاب اللباس

Chapter 44: Images in the house

It wasnarrated from Abu Talhah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said

“Theangelsdo not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.”

It wasnarrated from ‘Ali bin Abu Talib that the Prophet (ﷺ) said

“Theangels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.”

It wasnarrated that ‘Aishah said

“Jibril (as) promised theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) that he would come to him at a certain hour,but hewas late. The Prophet (ﷺ) went out and there was Jibrilstanding atthe door. He said: ‘What kept you from entering?’ He said:‘Thereis a dog in the house, and we do not enter a house in whichthere isa dog or an image.’”

It wasnarrated from Abu Umamah that a woman came to the Prophet(ﷺ) andtold him that her husband was away on some militarycampaign. Sheasked him for permission to make an image of a palm treein herhouse, and he did not let her, or he forbade her.

Chapter 45: Images on items that are stepped on

It wasnarrated that ‘Aishah said

“I covered a small room closet ofmine, meaning, from the inside, with a curtain on which there wereimages. When the Prophet (ﷺ) came, he tore it down, so I made twopillows from it, and I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) reclining on one ofthem.”

Chapter 46: The saddle cushions that are red

It wasnarrated that ‘Ali said

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbaderings of gold and Al-Mitharah,”* meaning the red ones.

Chapter 47: Riding on leopard skins

It wasnarrated that ‘Amir Al-Hajri said

“I heard Abu Raihanah, theCompanion of the Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) used toforbidriding on leopard skins.’”

It wasnarrated that Mu’awiyah said

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)usedto forbid riding on leopard skins.”