The Understanding Of Biblical Prohibition Of Images
The biblical verses clearly prohibit the making of images of God. The same prohibition is mentioned in Ahadith. Some Ahadith mentions prohibitions of images of deities, while other mentions just the images, so we understand that these images are the very ones mentioned in some other narrations in which image of deities are prohibited. Moreover, some other Ahadith allow having images of ordinary things or even of deities but put under feet, this also confirms that not all images are prohibited. Above all, we have criteria of prohibition from Quan 7:33. An image until it has something objectionable according to the said criteria, cannot be called prohibited.
@Irfan76 sir there’s another verse started to be of bible that does make a sort of distinguishing factor between animate and inanimate object, so i think the point of Hazrat jibraeel suggesting the prophet can be again countered that it’s not like in Bible, there was no distinguishing thing between animate and inanimate object, rather it may be said that this thing can be found too https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%204%3A16-18&version=NIV So now i think only the proper evidence that would remain would be, that the companions of Prophet and Ummah not knowing about these injunctions in previous scriptures and then despite that too the prophet did not project this injuction as a separate Ijma and tawattur level injuction as a Sunnah. Sir can it be said that prophet did not transfer this thing through Ijma and tawattur as a separate injuction about images? And what if this is said that maybe already the companions and Muslims knew about injunctions of images along with their distinction of animate and inanimate object, that’s why we don’t see Prophet passing it on to Ummah through Ijma and tawattur? Because the Ummah already knew this? Can you please explain these 2 questions, keeping in mind the background of what i wrote?