The artist: cursed?

[kayra]

Apparently our beloved Prophet cursed one who draws animals, people, etc. (Bukhari??). Does this apply to:

1) Doodling silly faces on a pad while chatting on the phone
2) Drawing pictures for a small child to teach her words (e.g. drawing a dog to teach her the word "dog")
3) Drawing for ones own pleasure (not to display the pictures etc., but simply because one has a natural knack for drawing faces, etc., and used to enjoy it).

??

JazakAllah Khair.

[alfatiha]

try calligraphy, ornamental designs and embroidery.

[firaswagner]

Apparently our beloved Prophet cursed one who draws animals, people, etc. (Bukhari??). Does this apply to:

1) Doodling silly faces on a pad while chatting on the phone
2) Drawing pictures for a small child to teach her words (e.g. drawing a dog to teach her the word "dog")
3) Drawing for ones own pleasure (not to display the pictures etc., but simply because one has a natural knack for drawing faces, etc., and used to enjoy it).

??

JazakAllah Khair.

Pictures of animate objects for learning purposes.
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...=2276&CATE=153

Drawing Pictures for Educational Purposes
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.a...D=645&CATE=115

[Aseatic]

What about abstract art, like the highly distorted drawings of Picasso?