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Sunan an-Nasai 5350 — Images, Curtains, and the Fabric Pattern Exception
Images
Except for Patterns on Fabrics Hadith Explained Simply
Sunan an-Nasai : 5350
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 5350
أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بُكَيْرٌ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ تَدْخُلُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ " . قَالَ بُسْرٌ ثُمَّ اشْتَكَى زَيْدٌ فَعُدْنَاهُ فَإِذَا عَلَى بَابِهِ سِتْرٌ فِيهِ صُورَةٌ قُلْتُ لِعُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَوْلاَنِيِّ أَلَمْ يُخْبِرْنَا زَيْدٌ عَنِ الصُّورَةِ يَوْمَ الأَوَّلِ قَالَ قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ أَلَمْ تَسْمَعْهُ يَقُولُ " إِلاَّ رَقْمًا فِي ثَوْبٍ " .
Abu Talha Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "The angels do not enter any house in which there is an image." Busr said: "Then Zaid fell sick and we went to visit him, and on his door there was a curtain on which there was an image. I said to 'Ubaidullah Al-Khawlani: 'Didn't Zaid tell us about images yesterday?' 'Ubaidullah said: 'Didn't you hear him say: Except for patterns on fabrics?'"
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5350In-book reference : Book 48, Hadith 311English translation : Vol. 6, Book 48, Hadith 5352
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 5350
This narration also discusses images and the phrase “except for patterns on fabrics.” Abu Talhah reports that the angels do not enter any house in which there is an image. Later, when Zaid was sick and people visited him, they saw a curtain with an image on his door. Busr questioned this because of the earlier report. 'Ubaidullah reminded him that the wording included an exception: “Except for patterns on fabrics.” The main search term is except for patterns on fabrics hadith. The hadith is useful because it shows how narrators paid attention to exact wording, not just the general idea. It also shows why careful reading matters.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith warns that angels do not enter a house with an image.
- A later incident raised a question about a curtain with an image.
- The wording “except for patterns on fabrics” was remembered.
- Exact wording helps prevent misunderstanding.
