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Ruling on tattooing in Islam

Question: 4130

Is tattooing permissible in Islam?

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

Tattooing means to prick the skin with a needle and
inject kohl or some other substance to change the skin colour to blue or green. This is
haraam according to the consensus of the scholars.

(al-Mughni 1/94)

Al-Bukhaari and Muslim narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah
ibn Mas’ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) said:

“Allaah has cursed the women who do tattoos and the women who have
this done, the women who pluck their eyebrows, and the women who file their teeth for the
purpose of beautification and change the creation of Allaah.”

Source

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

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