Abu Hurairah (RA) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (SAW) said:
"Allah said: "’Who would be more unjust than the one who tries to create the like of my creatures? Let them create an atom, or let them create a grain or let them create a barley corn.’" (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
They also reported from Aisha (RA) that Allah’s Messenger (SAW) said:
"The people who will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will be those who try to make the like of Allah’s creation."
Also reported by them from Ibn Abbas (RA) that I heard Allah’s Messenger (SAW) saying:
"All the picture makers would be in the fire of Hell. A soul will be breathed in every picture prepared by him and it shall punish him in the Hell."
It is additionally narrated from Ibn Abbas (RA) in a Marfu’ Hadith:
"Whoever makes a picture in this world will be charged with putting a soul (life) in it and he will never be able to do it."
Muslim reports from Abu Haiyaj (Al-Asadi) that Ali (RA) said to him:
"Should I not despute you on a mission on which I was sent by Allah’s Messenger (SAW)?: Deface all the pictures which you come across and demolish all the high graves to the level of earth."
Picture making is to make a representation of a living, willing, moving animal, such as a human, horse, animal and so forth. The ruling concerning that is that such representation or depiction is forbidden. The evidence for that is what is found in numerous Hadith. In Sahih, Al-Bukhari and Muslim, it is recorded from Ibn Masud that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said,
"The people with the severest punishment on the Day of Judgment are the picture makers."
Ibn Umar (RA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said,
"The people who make these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection.
It will be said to them, ‘Give life to what you have created.’"
This was also recorded by Al-Bukhari and Muslim. Muslim also recorded from Ibn Abbas (RA) that the Prophet (SAW) said,
"Whoever makes a picture in this world will be charged with putting a soul (life) in it and he will never be able to do it."
It is recorded by Muslim on the authority of Ibn Abbas (RA) that the Prophet (SAW) said:
"All the picture makers would be in the fire of Hell. A soul will be breathed in every picture prepared by him and it shall punish him in the Hell."
It is also recorded on the authority of Abu Talha from the Prophet (SAW) who said,
"The angels do not enter a house wherein there is a dog or statues." (Muslim)
These Hadith and others are general for every kind of representation, whether it has a shadow, like a figure, or if it does not have a shadow, which is like a drawing on a wall, paper, clothing and so forth. It is confirmed that the Prophet (SAW) entered the Ka’bah and it contained pictures and he asked for a pitcher of water and he began to efface them, saying,
"May Allah destroy those who make pictures of what they do not create." (Confirmed and Recorded by Al-Tayalisi and Dhiya al-Maqdisi)
An exception to this ruling during this time is money containing the picture of kings as well as passports and identification cards. Due to the need and necessity of these items, it is allowed to carry them according to need. And Allah (SWT) knows best. -Shaikh Ibn Jibreen
It is not allowed for any Muslim, male or female, to collect pictures of living creatures, human or otherwise, for memory’s sake. In fact, one must destroy them for it is confirmed that the Prophet said to Ali (RA),
"Do not leave an image but efface it and do not leave a grave elevated but level it." (Recorded by Muslim)
It is also confirmed from him (SAW) that he forbade pictures in the House. When he (SAW) entered the Ka’bah after the Conquest of Makkah, he saw pictures on its curtain and he requested water and a cloth and he wiped them away. There is nothing wrong with pictures of inanimate objects, such as mountains, shrubbery and so forth. -Shaikh Ibn Baz (ra)