Gardens of the Righteous — Page 284
284. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 1687. This hadith is comprehended in No. 1549. 1688. Ibn Mas'ud relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: Allah, the. Exalted, says: Who commits a greater wrong than one who is after creating the like of My creation? Let them make an ant, or a grain of corn or a grain of barley (Bokhari and Muslim). 1689. Abu Hurairah relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: The worst chastised on the Day of Judgment will be the portrait painters (Bokhari and Muslim). 1690. Abu Talha relates that the Holy Prophet said: Angels will not. I enter a house in which there is a dog or a portrait (Bokhari and Muslim). 1691. Ibn Umar relates that Gabriel promised to visit the Holy Prophet but delayed and the waiting sat heavy on the Holy Prophet. When he emerged from his house he encountered Gabriel and complained to him of the delay. . He answered: We do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a portrait (Bokhari). 1692. Ayesha relates: Gabriel had promised to visit the Holy Prophet at a certain hour. The hour came and no Gabriel. The Holy Prophet had a stick in his hand. He threw it away saying: Allah goes not against His promise, nor. His messenger. Then he noticed a dog under his sofa and asked: When did this dog come in? I said: I did not perceive it come in. He directed it to be put out and it was expelled. Then Gabriel came and the Holy Prophet said to him:. You had promised to visit me and I sat waiting for you but you did not come. . He said: I was hindered by the dog in your house. We do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a portrait (Muslim). 1693. Hayyan ibn Husain relates: Ali ibn Abi Talib said to me: Shall I assign you a task that the Holy Prophet had assigned to me? Leave not a portrait unwiped out, and leave not a high grave unlevelled (Muslim). 304. . On Prohibition of Keeping a Dog 1694. Ibn Umar relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: He who keeps a dog except for hunting or guarding cattle shall be deprived of two qirats of his merit every day (Bokhari and Muslim). 1695. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who keeps a dog loses a qirat of his good deeds every day, unless it is a watch dog for his fields or cattle (Bokhari and Muslim). Muslim's version is: He who keeps a dog except for hunting or guarding crops or cattle shall lose two qirats of his merit every day.