49. ✧ 'Uthman b. Hunayf
Musnad Abi Ya'la 1440No grade recorded
خَرَجْتُ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ نَعُودُ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ فِي شَكْوَى لَهُ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ، وَتَحْتَهُ نَمَطٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ، فِيهِ صُورَةُ تَمَاثِيلَ، فَقَالَ: انْزِعُوا هَذَا مِنْ تَحْتِي، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: أَوَمَا سَمِعْتَ يَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ حِينَ نَهَى عَنِ الصُّورَةِ: إِلَّا رَقْمًا فِي ثَوْبٍ أَوْ ثَوْبًا فِيهِ رَقْمٌ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، وَلَكِنَّهُ أَطْيَبُ لِنَفْسِي أَنْ لَا يُجْعَلَ تَحْتِي
✧ I went out with Uthman b. Hunayf to visit Abu Talhah during an illness of his. He said: We entered upon him, and underneath him on his bed was a patterned cloth with images of figures. He said: Remove this from under me. Uthman said to him: Did you not hear, O Abu Talhah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say when he prohibited images: 'Except a design in a garment, or a garment with a design'? He said: Yes, but it is more pleasant for my soul that it not be placed under me.