37/26. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2107m — Curtain with Pictures Removed and Reused
The Prohibition Of Making Images Of Living Beings, And The Prohibition Of Using Images That Are Not Subjected To Disrespect In Furnishings And The Like; The Angels (Peace Be Upon Them) Do Not Enter A House In Which There Is An Image Or A Dog
Curtain with Pictures Hadith and Careful Reporting About Cushions
Sahih Muslim : 2107m
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2107m
وَحَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّ بُكَيْرًا، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهَا نَصَبَتْ سِتْرًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَنَزَعَهُ قَالَتْ فَقَطَعْتُهُ وِسَادَتَيْنِ . فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ حِينَئِذٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي زُهْرَةَ أَفَمَا سَمِعْتَ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ يَذْكُرُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَرْتَفِقُ عَلَيْهِمَا قَالَ ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ لاَ . قَالَ لَكِنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ . يُرِيدُ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ .
A'isha Narrated from:
A'isha, the wife of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), reported that she had hung a curtain which had pictures upon it. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered (the room) and he pulled it. A'isha said: I then tore it and prepared two cushions out of that. A person who was then in that company and whose name was Rabi'a b. 'Ata, the freed slave of Banu Zuhra, asked: Did you hear Abu Mabammad making a mention of A'isha having stated that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to recline upon them? Ibn al-Qasim said: No, but I heard Qasim b. Muhammad saying so.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2107mIn-book reference : Book 37, Hadith 145USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 24, Hadith 5265
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2107m
This narration about a curtain with pictures includes both the main action and a careful transmission detail. A'isha had hung a curtain with pictures. When Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم entered, he pulled it down. A'isha then tore it and prepared two cushions from it. The report also records a discussion in the gathering about whether A'isha had stated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to recline on them. Ibn al-Qasim said he did not hear Abu Muhammad say that, while another person said he heard Qasim b. Muhammad say it. This makes the hadith useful for searches about pictures in Islam hadith, Aisha cushions hadith, and hadith transmission detail. It teaches both removal of the pictured curtain and care in reporting exact statements.
What we learn from this hadith
- The pictured curtain was removed when the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم entered.
- A'isha cut the curtain and made two cushions from it.
- The narrators carefully separated what they personally heard from what another narrator reported.
