I live with my Muslim parents, very strict. I love tattoos and I want to get one, a tiny one that won’t be seen by others. Will I be committing a great sin if I draw a tattoo?
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I live with my Muslim parents, very strict. I love tattoos and I want to get one, a tiny one that won’t be seen by others. Will I be committing a great sin if I draw a tattoo?
Tattoos in Islam are haram. It was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Mas’ood said:
“Allaah has cursed the women who do tattoos and those who ask for tattoos to be done, those who ask for their eyebrows to be plucked, and the women ask for their teeth to be filed for the purpose of beautification, changing the creation of Allaah.” A woman from the tribe of Bani Asad whose name was Umm Ya’qoob heard of that and she came and said, “I have heard that you have cursed So and so and So and so.” He said, “Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allaah cursed and who are mentioned in the Book of Allaah?’ She said, “I have read what is between the two covers, and I did not find anything in it like what you have said.” He said, “If you have read it, have you not read that Allaah says,
‘And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad) gives you, take it; and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain from it.
Tattoos are not explicitly declared as haram but it’s not halal, it is in between. The five pillars of Islam are fard meaning mandatory and Muslims who don’t complete the five pillars and living their lives will be in hellfire for disobeying Allah. However, Muslims who do the five pillars and live their lives it will depend if they go into hellfire they will spend some time until there is intercession and they will eventually be saved and go to Jannah. The fact that Muslims are not allowed to watch movies, listen to music, party, dance, have tattoos, gambling, drinking, Feminism/LGBT (Abortion, homosexuality, androgyny), pork, being uncircumcised, masturbation are Sunnah of the prophet Muhammad because he detested these things and required Muslims to follow his lifestyle if they wanted to receive Jannat Al Firdous (The highest level in paradise). It’s not required for a Muslim to follow the Sunnah of Muhammad, it’s optional. Performing these activities is simply an act of freewill, most people will not do hem because it doesn’t align with their moral standards. That is why, some Muslims will condemn tattoos but accept henna just because it is a temporary drawing on the skin.