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An Nasai: Hadith 5297

48. The Book of Adornment

سنن النسائي

21/114 Chapter:

The Punishment of The Grave

باب عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

5297
An Nasai
Sahih (Darussalam)
أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏‏ ادْخُلْ ‏"‏ ‏‏ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ أَدْخُلُ وَفِي بَيْتِكَ سِتْرٌ فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ فَإِمَّا أَنْ تُقْطَعَ رُءُوسُهَا أَوْ تُجْعَلَ بِسَاطًا يُوطَأُ فَإِنَّا مَعْشَرَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ لاَ نَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ ‏‏
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:
"Jibril, peace be upon him, asked permission to enter upon the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said: 'Come in.' He said: 'How can I come in when there is a curtain in your house on which there are images? You should either cut off their heads or make it into a rug to be stepped on, for we Angels do not enter a house in which there are images.'"
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 5365
In-book : Book 48, Hadith 326
English translation : Vol. 6, Book 48, Hadith 5367