رِيَاضُ الصَّالِحِينَ
Riyad as-Salihin 1680
The Book of the Prohibited actions
Prohibition of Drawing Portraits
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: "كُلُّ مُصَوِّرٍ فِي النَّارِ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ بِكُلِّ صُورَةٍ صَوَّرَهَا نفس فَيُعَذِّبُهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ" قَالَ ابْن عَبَّاس: فَإِن كنت لابد فَاعِلًا، فَاصْنَعِ الشَّجَرَ وَمَا لَا ورح فيه" ((مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ)).
Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "Every painter will go to Hell, and for every portrait he has made, there will be appointed one who will chastise him in the Hell." Ibn 'Abbas said: If you have to do it, draw pictures of trees and other inanimate things. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Riyad as-Salihin, 1680