The following verses express that human can never imitate the way Allah creates:
Say,
"Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, " Allah ."
Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for
themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to
the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to
Allah partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each]
seemed similar to them?" Say, " Allah is the Creator of all things,
and He is the One, the Prevailing." [13:16]
Or
were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? Or did
they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain. [52:35-36]
O
people, an example is presented, so listen to it. Indeed, those you invoke
besides Allah will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together
for that purpose. And if the fly should steal away from them a [tiny] thing,
they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued. They have
not appraised Allah with true appraisal. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted
in Might. [22:73-74]
When
he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you
are devoted?" They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of
them." He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in
manifest error." [21:52-54]
You only worship, besides Allah, idols, and you
produce a falsehood. Indeed, those you worship besides Allah do not possess for
you [the power of] provision. So seek from Allah provision and worship Him and
be grateful to Him. To Him you will be returned." [29:17]
Hadith:-
Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud: The
Prophet (ﷺ) entered Mecca
and (at that time) there were three hundred-and-sixty idols around the Ka`ba.
He started stabbing the idols with a stick he had in his hand and reciting:
"Truth (Islam) has come and Falsehood (disbelief) has vanished." (Al-Isra 17:81) [Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 3,
Book 43: Oppressions, Hadith 658]
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When Allah's
Messenger (ﷺ) came to Mecca, he refused to enter the Ka`ba with idols in it.
He ordered (idols to be taken out). So they were taken out. The people took out
the pictures of Abraham and Ishmael holding Azlams in their hands. Allah's
Messenger (ﷺ) said, "May Allah curse these people. By Allah, both
Abraham and Ishmael never did the game of chance with Azlams." Then he
entered the Ka`ba and said Takbir at its corners but did not offer the prayer
in it. [Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 2, Book 26: Hajj (Pilgrimage), Hadith 671]
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: All the idols
which were worshiped by the people of Noah were worshiped by the Arabs later
on. As for the idol Wadd, it was worshiped by the tribe of Kalb at
Daumat-al-Jandal; Suwa` was the idol of (the tribe of) Hudhail; Yaghouth was
worshiped by (the tribe of) Murad and then by Bani Ghutaif at Al-Jurf near
Saba; Ya`uq was the idol of Hamdan, and Nasr was the idol of Himyar, the branch
of Dhi-al-Kala`. The names (of the idols) formerly belonged to some pious men
of the people of Noah, and when they died Satan inspired their people to
(prepare and place idols at the places where they used to sit, and to call
those idols by their names. The people did so, but the idols were not worshiped
till those people (who initiated them) had died and the origin of the idols had
become obscure, whereupon people began worshiping them. [Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 6, Book 60: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an
(Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh)),
Hadith 442]
Thawban
narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The Hour shall
not be established until tribes of my Ummah unite with the idolaters, and until
they worship idols. And indeed there shall be thirty imposters in my Ummah, each
of them claiming that he is a Prophet. And I am the last of the Prophets, there
is no Prophet after me." [Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Vol. 4, Book 7:
Al-Fitan, Hadith 2219, Grade: Sahih]
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: I
heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ),
in the year of the Conquest of Mecca, saying, "Allah and His Apostle made
illegal the trade of alcohol, dead animals, pigs and idols." The people
asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What about the fat of dead animals, for it was used for
greasing the boats and the hides; and people use it for lights?" He said,
"No, it is illegal." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) further said,
"May Allah curse the Jews, for Allah made the fat (of animals) illegal for
them, yet they melted the fat and sold it and ate its price." [Sahih
al-Bukhari, Vol. 3, Book 34: Sales and Trade,
Hadith 438]
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) entered the
Ka`ba and found in it the pictures of (Prophet) Abraham and Mary. On that he
said' "What is the matter with them (i.e. Quraish)? They have already
heard that angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures; yet this is
the picture of Abraham. And why is he depicted as practicing divination by
arrows?" [Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 4, Book 55: Prophets, Hadith 570]
Narrated Abu Talha: I heard Allah's
Messenger (ﷺ)
saying; "Angels (of Mercy) do not enter a house wherein there is a dog or
a picture of a living creature (a human being or an animal). [Sahih
al-Bukhari, Vol. 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Hadith 448]
Narrated Abu Talha: The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"Angels do not enter a house that has either a dog or a picture in
it." [Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Hadith 539]
Narrated Anas: Aisha had a thick
curtain (having pictures on it) and she screened the side of her i house with
it. The Prophet (ﷺ)
said to her, "Remove it from my sight, for its pictures are still coming
to my mind in my prayers." [Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 7, Book 72: Dress, Hadith 842]
Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon
me while there was a curtain having pictures (of animals) in the house. His
face got red with anger, and then he got hold of the curtain and tore it into
pieces. The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, "Such people as paint these pictures will receive the severest
punishment on the Day of Resurrection ." [Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol.
8, Book 73: Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab),
Hadith 130]
Narrated Aisha: (the wife of the
Prophet) I bought a cushion having on it pictures (of animals). When Allah's
Messenger (ﷺ)
saw it, he stood at the door and did not enter. I noticed the sign of
disapproval on his face and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I repent to
Allah and His Apostle. What sin have I committed?' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said.
"What is this cushion?" I said, "I have bought it for you so
that you may sit on it and recline on it." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said,
"The makers of these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection,
and it will be said to them, 'Give life to what you have created (i.e., these
pictures).' " The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "The Angels of (Mercy) do not enter a house in
which there are pictures (of animals). [Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 7,
Book 62: Wedlock,
Marriage (Nikaah),
Hadith 110]
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: I heard
Muhammad (ﷺ)
saying, "Whoever makes a picture in this world will be asked to put life
into it on the Day of Resurrection, but he will not be able to do so." [Sahih
al-Bukhari, Vol. 7, Book 72: Dress,
Hadith 846]
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"The painters of these pictures will be punished on the Day of
Resurrection, and it will be said to them, 'Make alive what you have
created." [Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 9, Book 93: Oneness, Uniqueness of Allah (Tawheed), Hadith 647]
Narrated Sa`id bin Abu Al-Hasan: While
I was with Ibn `Abbas a man came and said, "O father of `Abbas! My
sustenance is from my manual profession and I make these pictures." Ibn
`Abbas said, "I will tell you only what I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I heard him
saying, 'Whoever makes a picture will be punished by Allah till he puts life in
it, and he will never be able to put life in it.' " Hearing this, that man
heaved a sigh and his face turned pale. Ibn `Abbas said to him, "What a
pity! If you insist on making pictures I advise you to make pictures of trees
and any other unanimated objects." [Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 3,
Book 34: Sales and Trade, Hadith 428]
Abu Zur'a
reported: I visited the house of Marwan in the company of Abu Huraira and he
found pictures there. whereupon he said: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, said: Who is a
more wrongdoer than one who tries to create creation like Mine creation. Let
him create an atom or a grain of wheat or that of barley. This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Abu Zur'a and he said: Abu Huraira went to the
house of Sa'ld or Marwan which they had built in Medina and he (Abu Huraira)
saw a painter who had been painting pictures in his house, whereupon he told
that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said like this, but he
made no mention of the words:" Let him create the grain of barley." [Sahih
Muslim, Book 24: Clothes and Adornment, Hadith 5275]
Narrated `Aisha: Um Habiba and Um
Salama mentioned about a church they had seen in Ethiopia in which there were
pictures. They told the Prophet (ﷺ) about it, on which he said, "If any religious man dies
amongst those people they would build a place of worship at his grave and make
these pictures in it. They will be the worst creature in the sight of Allah on
the Day of Resurrection." [Sahih al-Bukhari, Vol. 1, Book 8:
Prayers (Salat), Hadith 419]
Abu'l-Hayyaj
al-Asadi told that 'Ali (b. Abu Talib) said to him: Should I not send you on
the same mission as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent me? Do not leave an
image without obliterating it, or a high grave without levelling It. This
hadith has been reported by Habib with the same chain of transmitters and he
said: (Do not leave) a picture without obliterating it. [Sahih Muslim,
Book 4: Prayer - Funerals, Hadith 2115]
Narrated `Aun bin Abu Juhaifa: My
father bought a slave who practiced the profession of cupping. (My father broke
the slave's instruments of cupping). I asked my father why he had done so. He
replied, "The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the acceptance of the price of a dog or blood, and
also forbade the profession of tattooing, getting tattooed and receiving or
giving Riba, (usury), and cursed the picture-makers." [Sahih al-Bukhari,
Vol. 3, Book 34: Sales
and Trade,
Hadith 299]
