It is not permissible to draw or hang the pictures attributed to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family, and the Imams of the Ahl al-Bayt for several reasons:

Firstly, it is the depiction of beings with souls, which is not permissible in the Quran and the Sunnah[1].

Secondly, it is an imitation of Christians who draw and hang the pictures attributed to Jesus, peace be upon him, the apostles, and the righteous, and that is not permissible; as Allah Almighty has said: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا﴾[2]; “O you who believed! Do not be like those who disbelieved,” and it has been narrated that Umm Habiba and Umm Salma mentioned to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family, a church they saw in Abyssinia with pictures in it. Therefore, he said: «إِنَّ أُولَئِكَ قَوْمٌ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهِمُ الرَّجُلُ الصَّالِحُ فَمَاتَ، بَنَوْا عَلَى قَبْرِهِ مَسْجِدًا، وَصَوَّرُوا فِيهِ تِلْكَ الصُّوَرَ، فَأُولَئِكَ شِرَارُ الْخَلْقِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»[3]; “They are people who, when a righteous man is among them and then dies, will build a mosque over his grave and draw those pictures in it, so they are the worst people in the sight of Allah on the Day of Judgment.”

Thirdly, it is a lie; because it is not known exactly what their faces and bodies were like.