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Hadith text: the people who will receive the severest punishment on…

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ المُؤمنينَ رضي الله عنها قَالَتْ: دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَقَدْ سَتَرْتُ سَهْوَةً لِي بِقِرَامٍ فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ هَتَكَهُ وَتَلَوَّنَ وَجْهُهُ وَقَالَ: «يَا عَائِشَةُ، أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا عِنْدَ اللهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الَّذِينَ يُضَاهُونَ بِخَلْقِ اللهِ» قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: «فَقَطَعْنَاهُ فَجَعَلْنَا مِنْهُ وِسَادَةً أَوْ وِسَادَتَيْنِ».

Explanation of the hadith: the people who will receive the severest punishment on…

Lessons: the people who will receive the severest punishment on…

• Forbidding evil on seeing it without any slackness unless it involves a greater evil.
• Punishment on the Day of Judgment varies according to the gravity of the sin.
• Making images of living beings counts as one of the major sins.
• One of the rationales behind the prohibition of image-making is the imitation of Allah's creation, whether the image-maker has intended it or not.
• The Shariah is keen on protecting properties by making use of them after removing what is prohibited therein.
• It is forbidden to make images of living beings in any form, even if they are treated with disrespect.

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