She also narrated: The Prophet (peace be upon him) returned from a journey and I had hung a thick curtain having suras. He ordered me to remove it and I did. (Related by Al-Bukhary). Imam Muslim also related it with the following wording: I had screened my door with a thick curtain having suras of winged horses. He ordered me to remove it and I did.

On the authority of Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from `Aishah who narrated: I bought a cushion with suras on it. When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saw it, he kept standing at the door and did not enter the house. I noticed the sign of disgust on his face, so I said, "O Allah's Messenger! I repent to Allah and to His Messenger. (Please let me know) what sin I have done." He (peace be upon him) said, "What about this cushion?" I replied, "I bought it for you to sit and recline on." Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The makers of these suras will be punished on the Day of Resurrection. It will be said to them, 'Breathe life into what you have created.'" He (peace be upon him) added, "Angels do not enter a house where there are suras." (Related by Al-Bukhary and Muslim). Muslim added from Ibn Al-Majishun that `Aishah said: "I took it and turned it into two pillows on which he used to recline at home.")

It is reported from Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a sura. (Agreed upon by Al-Bukhary and Muslim). This wording is reported by Muslim).

It is related by Muslim on the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid from Abu Talhah that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a statue.

[It is also reported] in Sahih Al-Bukhary from Ibn `Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Jibril said: We do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a sura." The same Hadith was related by Muslim on the authority of `Aishah and Maymunah.

Also, Muslim related on the authority of Abu Al-Hayyaj Al-Asdiy who said: `Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: Shall I not order you of the same thing which the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) ordered me; leave no sura unspoiled and leave no outstanding grave unleveled. It is related by Abu Dawud with a good Sanad (chain of narration)on the authority of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered `Umar ibn Al-Khattab during the time of the Conquest of Makkah while he was in Al-Bat-ha' to go to Al-Ka`bah and efface every sura in it. The Prophet (peace be upon him) only entered it when all suras were effaced.

Moreover, Abu Dawud Al-Tayalisi related in his Musnadon the authority of Usamah who said: I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) in Al-Ka`bah and he saw suras. He, thus, ordered to bring him a bucket of water and when I did, he began erasing them, saying: May Allah fight those who make Taswir of what they are not able to create. Al-Hafizh said: Its Sanad (chain of narrators) is good.

He said: `Umar ibn Shabbah related from `Abdul-Rahman ibn Mahran from `Umayr, the servant of Ibn `Abbas, from Usamah that: The Prophet (peace be upon him) entered Al-Ka`bah and ordered me to bring him some water in a bucket. He wet his garment and beat the suras with it, saying: May Allah fight those who make Taswir of what they are not able to create.

Also, Al-Bukhary related in his Sahihon the authority of `Aishah that she narrated: The Prophet (peace be upon him) never left in his house anything bearing crosses on it without obliterating it. The same Hadith was narrated by Al-Kushmayhani using the term "Tasawir (i.e. pictures) instead of crosses. Imam Al-Bukhary (may Allah be merciful with him) entitled a chapter in his collection of Hadith: "Obliterating Suras" where he related this Hadith.

In the Two Sahih Books of Hadith,it is related on the authority of Busr ibn Sa`id from Zayd ibn Khalid from Abu Talhah that the Prophet (peace be upon him) stated: Angels do not enter a house in which there is a sura. Busr said, "Zayd then fell ill and we went to visit him but there was a curtain with a sura hanging at his door. I said to `Ubaydullah Al-Khawlani, the stepson of Maymunah - the wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him): Did not Zayd tell us about (the ruling on) suras the day before? `Ubaydullah said: Did you not hear when he said: Except a design in a cloth." In the Two Sahih, it is related on the authority of `Amr ibn Al-Harith from Bukayr Al-Ashajj from Busr that he said, "I said to `Ubaydullah

Al-Khawlani: Did he not tell us about (the ruling on) suras? He said: He said, "Except a design in a cloth. Did you not hear him?" I said: No and he said: He said, "He indeed did say that."

It is related in the Musnad and Sunan Al-Nasa'i on the authority of `Ubaydullah ibn `Abdullah who narrated that he went to Abu Talhah Al-Ansary to visit him during his illness and found Sahl ibn Hunayf with him. Abu Talhah asked someone to remove a rug on the floor. Sahl asked: Why do you (want to) remove it? He replied: Because it includes suras and I know what the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said about them (suras - i.e. the ruling on them). He said: Did he not say: "Except a design in a cloth". He said, "Yes, but this is more comfortable for me." The Sanad of this Hadith isvalid. Al-Tirmidhy related it in the same wording and commented, 'It is a Sahih Hasan Hadith.'

Abu Dawud, Al-Tirmidhy, and Al-Nasa'y related with a good Sanad on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Jibril came to me and said: 'I came to you yesterday and nothing prevented me from entering except that there were statues by your door, there was a curtain in your house with suras on it, and there was a dog in the house. Tell someone to cut off the head of the statue by your door, so it will look like a tree; tell someone to tear up the curtain and make it into floor-cushions that will be stepped on; and tell someone to put the dog outside.' The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) did that. The dog belonged to Al-Hasan or Al-Husayn and was under their couch. The Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered that it would be taken outside the house. This is the wording of Abu Dawud and a similar wording was reported by Al-Tirmidhy. The following is the wording of Al-Nasa'y: Jibril asked the Prophet's permission to enter his house whereupon the Prophet said, "Get in," but Jibril replied, "How could I enter your house and there is a curtain on which there are suras? Either you cut off their heads or make it (the curtain) into a cushion spread out so that the people may tread on. We, angels, do not enter a house in which there are suras."