The Times February 02, 2006 Pictures ban comes from word of Prophet By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent
MUSLIMS worldwide obey the Islamic injunction not to display pictures of any animal or human, anything with a "soul", in their homes and mosques, never mind pictures of the prophet. This aspect of Sharia has become a hallmark of their faith even though it does not appear in the Koran. It is in the Hadith — the collection of sayings of the Prophet Muhammad — that pictures of living creatures are forbidden. The Arab word used is "surah", which can mean anything from a two-dimensional drawing to a three-dimensional figure or statue. Hadith Bukhari 5:338 has Abu Talha, a companion of the Prophet, quoting Muhammad as saying: "Angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture." The scripture records that he meant the images of creatures that have souls. Christians and Jews are in theory subject to a similar ordinance. The second commandment given to Moses on the top of Mount Sinai orders followers of these religions not to make any graven images. Imam Ibrahim Mogra, a leading scholar and senior member of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: "Muhammad is a very, very special person. To us he is more than our parents are. We can imagine, if someone was to make a mockery of our parents in this manner, how hurt we would be. Imagine that hurt multiplied a million times." Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
