NOTES

(1) Translator s note : I am using here A. Yussuf Ali’s translation, "The Holy Quran : Trans­lation and Commentary" (American Trust Publication, 1977).

(2) See Cheikh Ahmed Ben Cheikh Mohammad Azzarqa, "Sharh AI Qwa'id AI Fiqhiyyah' (Damascus : Dar al Qalam, 1989), p. 47.)

(3) Al Bukhari : Kitabu Allibas 5953, the chapter on "The destruction of images".

(4) AI Bukhari : Kitabu Allibas 5954, the chapter on "Images making", and Muslim, "Kita­bu Allibas Wazzinah" 92-2106, the chapter on "Forbidding animal images".

(5) Al Imam Al Hafidh Ibn Hajar AI Asqalani, "Fath AI Bari Sharh Sahih Al Bukhari" (Bei­rut :1410/1989), Vol. 10, P. 469.

(6) Al Bukhari : "Kitabu Al Buyou" 2225, the chapter on "Selling inanimate images", and Muslim, "Kitabu Allibas Wazzinah" 92-2110, the chapter on "Forbidding animal images".

(7) Al Bukhari : "Kitabu Allibas" 5963, and Muslim : "Kitabu Allibas Wazzinah" 100-2110, the chapter on forbidding animal images.

(8) See Cheikh Abderrahman Ben Hassan Al Echcheikh (d. 1285), "Fathu Al Majid Sharhu Kitabi Attawhid", commented by Cheikh Mohammed Hamed AI Faqi, revision by Cheikh Abdelaziz Ben Abdellah Ben Baz, the publication of the hadiths by Ali Ben Sa­nane, (Beirut : DarAlFikr,1992/1412),p.581onwards.

(9) Cheikh AI Husseini Abdelmajid Hashem, Vice-Chancellor of AI Azhar, in his commentary on the book of Ibn Hamza Al Husseini Al Hanafi Addimashki (d. 1120H), "AI Bayane Wa Att'arif Fi Asbab Wurud Al Hadith Ashsharif', introduction by Al Imam Abdelha­lim Mahmud, the ex-Cheikh of Al-Azhar (Caino : Maktabat Misr, 1985), vol. I, p.138.

(10) See Tafsir Al Jalalayn, with reasons of revelation on the margin.

(11) Ibid.

(12) Al Imam Al khattabi and others said that angels can enter houses where there are dogs wich are used for hunting, pasturing and guarding crop. This is mentioned in Ibn Hajar Al Asqalani, "Fath Al Bari Sharh Sahih Al Bukhari" (his reference to a house where there is a dog) (Beirut : Dar AI Kutub al Ilmiyyah, 1989), vo1.10, p. 466.

(13) Ibn Hajar Al Asqalani : "Fath Al Bari Sharh Sahih Al Bukhari", the chapter on "The blessing of Mecca and its temple building", vol. 3, p. 560, nb. 1583.

(14) On the detail of this principle, see Ibn Al Qayyim, "Aalam Al Muwaqueïn", vol. 3, p. 27 and Cheikh Ali Hassab Allah, "Usul Attachrï Al-Islami", (Cairo, 1985) p. 97.

(15) See Below, "Examples of allowed images"

(16) Cheikh Abdel Wahab Khallaf, "Usul AI Fiqh" (Cairo, Maktabat Shabab Al-Azhar), p. 210.

(17) This opinion was believed to be held by AI-Imam Annawawi ; cited in, "Fath AI-Bari Sharh Sahih Al Bukhari", vol. 10, p. 470.

(18) An agreed upon Hadith, cited in Cheikh Yussuf AI-Qaradawi, "Al Halal Wal Haram Fi Al Islam" (Beirut : AI-Maktab Al-Islami, 1985), p.101.

(19) AI-Imam Al Hafidh Abu Dawood, Op. Cit.

(20) Cheikh Mohammed Ben Ahmed Ben Eyas Al-Hanafi, "Bade ï Azzuhur fi Waqa’ï Ad­duhur' (Casablanca) p. 27.