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This article first presents a short study of the state of sculpturing in
Quranic verses and in the narratives and then studies the ideas and
arguments of the two groups of Muslim jurists: the Shi'ites and the Sunnis. The Shi'ite jurists' views are limited to five narratives and are individually studied. Since there is no Qucanic evidence on the sculpturing and since the intellect does not indicate any prohibition on "sculpturing for useful ends" either, believers in the prohibition have only consensus and narrative to take hold of, both of which are studied in this article. The bulk of this article is allocated to the study of narratives resorted to by them and considers the weak evidence of some and the inadequate proof others. It is concluded that these narratives only indicate the undesirability of sculpturing where there are no intellectual or lawful ends.