Question:
What is the ruling on drawing orchards as if they are depicting Paradise and a fire as if it is depicting the Hellfire?
Answer (Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih Al-‘Uthaymeen):
This is not permissible, because we do not know the description of this; as Allaah the Mighty and Majestic has said:
No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do.(As-Sajdah 32:17)
And
none knows the (full) description of the Hellfire. It is greater than
the fire of the Dunyaa by 69 times; (that goes for) all fires of the
Dunyaa, due to what is within the fire from terror; such as a gas fire
and other than that from that which is worse. So can anyone actually
depict the Hellfire? No one is able. Due to this, convey to the one who
does this that it is Haraam. It is extremely unfortunate that the people
today have begun depicting affairs of the Hereafter as if they are
worldly matters that they see. I saw a square paper, like a flyer, and
there was written upon it: Al-Mawt (Death); there was a line and there
was drawn a grave, then a line and there was drawn (what appeared to be)
Al-Qiyaamah, and so on. This is as if he drew what is after death, with
lines depicting this; the refuge is with Allaah. Moreover, it is said:
What makes you know that this comes after that? It is known that the
Fire, and resurrection (etc.) is after the grave, but the details of
what will happen on the Day of Standing, the reckoning, the scales, and
other than that; we do not know the details of that. But this is
boldness; great boldness, and a strange thing that one would venture
into this matter. However, in general the papers which are circulated
amongst the people today upon which is written: This is the Messenger,
upon him be prayers and peace; it is obligatory to abandon and warn
against these papers.
Summary Translation By: Raha ibn Donald Batts
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