It is said that it is haram to get tattoos, then does that apply to when we(women) put henna on our hands or hair? we make designs and color our hair with it.
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it is said that it is haram to get tattoos, then does that apply to when we(women) put henna on our hands or hair? we make designs and color our hair with it.
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Answer:
Is Henna application haraam?
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Although the Glorious Quran is
silent about the issue of ‘tattoos’,
the Messenger of Allah (saws) specifically forbade and invoked the curse
of Allah on the people who applied the tattoo and the ones who had the tattoo
applied.
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 7.816 Narrated by Humaid
bin Abdur Rahman bin Auf
The Prophet
(saws) said, "Allah has cursed the
lady who artificially lengthens (her or someone else's) hair and the one who
gets her hair lengthened, and the one
who tattoos (herself or someone else) and the one who gets herself
tattooed."
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 7.820 Narrated by Ibn Umar
The Messenger of
Allah (saws) said, "Allah has cursed such a lady as lengthens (her or
someone else's) hair artificially or gets it lengthened, and also a lady who
tattoos (herself or someone else) or gets herself tattooed."
The Messenger of Allah (saws)
himself, and some of his closest
companions used to dye their hair with henna and/or ‘katam’.
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 1.167 Narrated by Ubaid Ibn
Juraij
And about the
dyeing of hair with Hinna; no doubt I
saw the Messenger of Allah (saws) dyeing his hair with it and that is why I
like to dye (my hair with it).
Al-Muwatta Hadith
51.8
Yahya related that
Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Aswad ibn Abdal-Yaghuth used to sit with us and he had a
white beard and hair. One day he came to
us and he had dyed them red, and the people said to him, 'This is better.' He said, 'Aisha, the wife of the Prophet
(saws) sent her slave girl Nukhayla to me yesterday. She informed me that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq used
to dye his hair.'
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 5.257 Narrated by Anas (the
servant of the Prophet)
When the Prophet
arrived (at Medina), there was not a single companion of the Prophet who had
grey and black hair except Abu Bakr, and
he dyed his hair with Hinna and Katam (i.e. plants used for dying hair). Through another group of narrators, Anas bin
Malik said,. "When the Prophet arrived at Medina, the eldest amongst his
companions was Abu Bakr. He dyed his
hair with Hinna and Katam till it became of dark red color."
There is absolutely no harm if a
woman applies henna on her hair, or on
her hands and feet.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
Burhan