Can’t find this hadith anywhere – Where is its source?

Question:

Laith reports once I visited Saalim Ibn Abd Allah. As I entered, I saw him resting on a pillow on which there were pictures of birds and wild animals. I asked him “aren’t these [pictures] disliked [in Islam]”. He said, “No. Only those intended for worship.”
Can’t find this hadith anywhere – Where is its source?

Answer:

This is the hadith in question:

عن ابن فضيل ، عن ليث ، قال : رأيت سالم بن عبد الله متكئا على وسادة حمراء فيها تماثيل ، فقلت له في ذلك ، فقال : إنما يكره هذا لمن ينصبه ويصنعه [ ص: 199 ]

al-Tamheed of ibn Abd al-Barr and in the Musannaf of ibn Abi Shayba, and Allah knows best.

However the translation ” resting on a pillow on which there were pictures of birds and wild animals” is incorrect, rather should read “resting on a red pillow on which there were pictures [without specification].”

As well, “No. Only those intended for worship,” is incorrect, rather it is “No, only for one to set it up (vertically) and to manufacture it.”

Taher Siddiqui

(reviewed and approved by Shaykh Gibril Haddad)

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