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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Why is it permissible to take pictures of trees and rocks even though they are the creation of Allaah?

 

I am wondering why it is possible to take pictures of buildings and other things, which are not moving. As Allah (SWT) says: 'Who does more wrong than the one, who tries to create something like my creation? Let him create a grain of wheat or a kernel of corn'. Why Allah gives an example of unmoving things? Why not birds, or people? I'm afraid may be it means that we can not even take a picture of unanimated things also?


Praise be to Allaah and blessings and peace
be upon the Messenger of Allaah.

The majority of scholars say that it is
permissible to make pictures of inanimate objects such as trees, buildings,
etc, and they quote several texts as evidence for that, including the
following:

The report narrated by al-Bukhaari (5963)
and Muslim (2110) from Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him), who
said: “I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) say, ‘Whoever makes an image in this world will be told to
breathe life into it in the Day of Resurrection, and he will not be able to
do so.’” The prohibition mentioned in this hadeeth has to do with animate
objects. What confirms this interpretation is that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah
be pleased with him), who was the narrator of this hadeeth, issued a fatwa
permitting the drawing of trees and inanimate objects, as was narrated in
Saheeh al-Bukhaari (2225) and Saheeh Muslim (2110) from Sa’eed
ibn Abi’l-Hasan, who said: “I was with Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased
with him) when a man came to him and said, ‘O Ibn ‘Abbaas, I am a man who
earns a living by the work of my hands, and I make these pictures (or
images).’ Ibn ‘Abbaas said: ‘I will only tell you what I heard the Messenger
of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say, and I heard
him say, “Whoever makes an image in this world will be punished until he
breathes life into it, and he will never be able to do so.’’ The man became
very upset and his face turned pale. He – meaning Ibn ‘Abbaas – said, ‘Woe
to you! If you insist on making them (images), then you can make images of
these trees and everything that does not have a soul.’”

In Saheeh al-Bukhaari (5181) and
Saheeh Muslim (2108) it is narrated that ‘Aa’ishah, the wife of the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
‘The makers of these images will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and
it will be said to them: ‘Bring to life that which you have created!’” and
he said that the angels will not enter a house in which there are images.

This hadeeth indicates that the punishment
has to do with images of animate beings, because the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said that they will be told, “Bring to life
that which you have created!”

With regard to the words of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), “Let them create a grain of
wheat or a grain of barley,” what is meant by that is to show that they are
incapable of doing so, because no matter what humans make that may resemble
these grains or plants in shape, they can never instill in them the
characteristics of these plants, so they cannot be planted and will never
grow, and so on. If humans are unable to create a single grain with some of
the characteristics that Allaah has created in it, then they are incapable
of breathing life into the images and statues that they make. Hence it
becomes clear that what is meant by the hadeeth is not that which may first
spring to mind, that making images of grains and trees and inanimate objects
is haraam, rather what is meant is to show that man is incapable as we have
mentioned above. And Allaah knows best.

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