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.

 

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Your Brother in Islam,

 

 

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