His messengers.’ Then he turned and saw a puppy under his bed. He asked, “When did this dog come in?” I replied, “By Allah, I did not notice it.” He ordered that it be taken out. After it was removed, Gabriel (peace be upon him) arrived. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “You promised to visit me; I sat waiting for you, yet you did not come.” He replied, “The dog that was in your house prevented me. We do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.” Narrated by Muslim.

1687 – Abu al-Tiyah Ḥayyān ibn Ḥuṣayn reported: ʿAli ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me, “Shall I not dispatch you on the same mission for which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent me: leave no image without obliterating it, and leave no raised grave without leveling it.” Narrated by Muslim.

Explanation
All of the hadiths the author cites here in Riyad al-Salihin show that making images is among the major sins. They contain an explicit and severe warning in the form of a curse—“May Allah curse the image-makers”—which means expulsion and distancing from the mercy of Allah. They also state that on the Day of Resurrection the image-maker will be charged with breathing life into what he fashioned, but he will never be able to do so. Since he cannot accomplish what is impossible, the punishment will remain upon him unless Allah wills otherwise. Moreover, these hadiths declare that image-makers are among the most unjust of people, as Allah the Exalted says, “And who is more unjust than…”