Sahih Bukhari

Narrated Sa`id bin Abu Al-Hasan:While I was with Ibn `Abbas a man came and said, ""O father of `Abbas! My sustenance is from my manual profession and I make these pictures."" Ibn `Abbas said, ""I will tell you only what I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . I heard him saying, 'Whoever makes a picture will be punished by Allah till he puts life in it, and he will never be able to put life in it.' "" Hearing this, that man heaved a sigh and his face turned pale. Ibn `Abbas said to him, ""What a pity! If you insist on making pictures I advise you to make pictures of trees and any other unanimated objects