Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar (d. 73H) radiallahu anhu: Allahs Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, Those who make these images (suwar) will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them, make alive what you have created. [Al-Bukhari 7/541, no.835; Muslim, 3/160, no. 5268] Al-Hafidh ibn Hajar (d. 852H) said, It is a command to do that which one is unable to do. From it we get a description of how the punishment of the image-maker will be. He will be ordered to breathe the soul into the image which he has made and he will not be able to do so. As a result his punishment will continue (unceasingly). [Fath ul-Bari, 10/398] It should also be mentioned that there must be consideration in this matter if the making of a picture is necessitate by urgency or emergency, such as x-rays for identification or diagnosis of a disease or sickness. In this case the condition is that the picture itself be not the immediate goal or objective. This is based on the rule is usul ul-fiqh: necessity should be measured by the existing circumstances. Whatever goes beyond that, to the point of being done out of pride, and enjoyment of these images, is forbidden. [Nuzhat ul-Muttaqin, 2/1150, no. 1680]
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