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    Question ID: 44628Country: United Arab Emirates

    Title: Tattoo

    Question: There is a common hadith wherein Hadhrat Muhammad (SAW) has cursed a woman who does tattoo, eyebrow plucking etc. Can you please provide the exact reference of the Hadith along with a suitable translation?

    Answer ID: 44628

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 554/554/M=1434) The words of hadith are as follows: عن أَبِي رَيْحَانَةَ قال نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الْوَشْرِ وَالْوَشْمِ وَالنَّتْفِ الخ. Hadhrat Abu Raihana (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the holy Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) forbade ten things which include: Sharpening the ends of the teeth, tattooing, plucking hair... عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ لَعَنَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ وَالْوَاشِمَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَةَ. Hadhrat Ibn Umar (رضي الله عنه) narrates that the holy Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) has cursed a lady who lengthens hair artificially and who gets her hair lengthened, and a lady who practises tattooing and that who gets it done for herself. [Bukhari Vol. 2, p. 879]

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India