Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2804
حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، وَغَيْرُ، وَاحِدٍ، وَاللَّفْظُ، لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لاَ تَدْخُلُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَلاَ صُورَةُ تَمَاثِيلَ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibn ‘Abbas reported: I heard Abu Talhah say, ‘I heard Allah’s Messenger say: “The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image of a figure.”’
Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic refers to an image or statue; the English witness renders the phrase awkwardly as ‘an object of images.’ The source specifies both a dog and an image as the conditions mentioned.