ruling on artists.

[Prosperous]

well, as for this hadith i know that drawing animals are haram,

{{It is well known that Islam has forbidden image-making, drawing and sculpting every animate being that Allaah has created; there are stern warnings issued to those who do that.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The most severely punished of the people on the Day of Resurrection will be the image-makers.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari (5950) and Muslim (2109).

http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/71170/drawing human }}

so my question is
1. wat about drawing trees and beaches,sea,sun and moon.i have a frnd who is a real gud artist.now my frnd is not drawing any animal for the last one year, but still making paintings of only inanimate objects lije the water-falls,tress and beach,ocean et.
so since the tree is also living even though it does not talk and walk,and its allah swt's creation,will that go under the same rule as that of animals??
2.and wat about keeping the paintings.I have a really huge painting of birds on the back side(opposit ) qiblah of my room., given to me by a very gud frnd so i wanna keep it if ther is any chance i can.
and also i have a large painting of a flower on my bed side,wat abt keeping it,its not an animal.

 

[Tabassum07]

I think trees and flowers don't have souls, so you can draw them and keep their pictures. But animals, humans, birds and insects have souls and you're not supposed to draw anything with a soul. And the main part of the image is the head. That is, you can draw the rest of the body but not the head.

I don't know about keeping the picture of the birds. Someone else can clarify. I just know that they say that the angels of mercy don't enter a house where there is a picture of an animate being. Maybe you could put the picture inside somewhere and not put it on display?

Hopefully some one else will clarify.

 

[slave_of_Allah]

Assalamu alikum. I hope you are well. I hope this answers your question.

Hadith 3:428
Narrated Said bin Abu Al-Hasan:
Al – Bukhari

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 Apostle . 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."

Wa'alikum aslaam.

 

[Prosperous]

ok,but its not prophet who said that part about the tress and inanimate object.do u have any other hadith related to this about the trees??

 

[Prosperous]

:salam2:
is there any one who can provide me with a dhaleel showing painting inanimate objects like trees which are also allah swt's creation is not haraam.?

 

[massi]

:salam2:
is there any one who can provide me with a dhaleel showing painting inanimate objects like trees which are also allah swt's creation is not haraam.?

:salam2:
Ruling on drawing animate beings
What is the ruling on drawing in Islam?.

Praise be to Allaah.

Drawing is of two types:

One is drawing pictures of animate beings. It says in the Sunnah that this is forbidden. It is not permitted to draw anything that depicts animate beings, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, according to the saheeh hadeeth: “Every image maker will be in the Fire.” And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection will be the image-makers, those who tried to imitate the creation of Allaah.” And he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The makers of these images will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and they will be told, ‘Give life to that which you have created.’”

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed those who consume riba (interest, usury) and those who pay it, and he cursed the image-makers. This indicates that making images is forbidden. The scholars interpreted that as referring to images of animate beings such as animals, people and birds.

With regard to drawing inanimate objects – which is the second type of drawing – there is no sin in that, such as drawing mountains, trees, planes, cars and the like. There is nothing wrong with that, according to the scholars.

With regard to forbidden kinds of pictures, an exception is made in cases of necessity, such as drawing pictures of criminals so that they will be known and caught, or pictures for identity cards which are essential and which cannot be obtained otherwise, and other cases of necessity. If the ruler decides that producing images of criminals is necessary, because of the seriousness of their crimes and to protect the Muslims from their evil when they are known, or for other reasons, there is nothing wrong with that. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“…He has explained to you in detail what is forbidden to you, except under compulsion of necessity …”

[al-An’aam 6:119]

Fataawa Noor ‘ala al-Darb by Shaykh Ibn Baaz, p. 302.
from here

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[Tabassum07]

Prosperous, I understand you're asking whether drawing trees is okay or not, right?

I'm a bit too lazy to properly look up the exact quote, but on islam-qa.com I was reading all the posts about drawing, because I was curious about the same thing, and there was one hadith described that Aisha (ra) had bought curtains on which there were pictures. When Rasulallah (saw) saw them, he said that every image maker would be in the fire, and that having any animate objects picture in the house stops the angels of mercy to enter the house. But then Angel Gibrael-a.s. told him that the Image is the Face/Head, and if one cuts away the face/head from the image, then its not bad, because any animate being cannot live without their head, and thus the person who draws something without a head would not be asked on the Day of Judgement to bring their drawing to life. Also, then Gabriel-a.s. said that if the face/head is cut away, then the rest of the body would resemble a tree, which is not bad. So then Aisha(ra) and Rasulallah(saw) cut the curtains in such a way that the heads were removed and they used the rest of the cloth, with the remaining images resembling trees, as a pillow cover instead.

 

[Prosperous]

:salam2:
jazzakahllah khair for the great replies. and thnk you all for helping me to rule out this,. and yay,i can keep all my paintings of flowers and scens,.
My wall is still nice and attractive without the birds and cat also.