Sahih al-Bukhari 4886

Hadith text

Narrated Alqama:`Abdullah (bin Masud) said, "Allah curses those ladies who practice tattooing and those who get themselves tattooed, and those ladies who remove the hair from their faces and those who make artificial spaces between their teeth in order to look more beautiful whereby they change Allah's creation." His saying reached a lady from Bani Asad called Um Yaqub who came (to `Abdullah) and said, "I have come to know that you have cursed such-and-such (ladies)?" He replied, "Why should I not curse these whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has cursed and who are (cursed) in Allah's Book!" Um Yaqub said, "I have read the whole Qur'an, but I did not find in it what you say." He said, "Verily, if you have read it (i.e. the Qur'an), you have found it. Didn't you read: 'And whatsoever the Apostle gives you take it and whatsoever he forbids you, you abstain (from it). (59.7) She replied, "Yes, I did," He said, "Verily, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade such things." "She said, "But I see your wife doing these things?" He said, "Go and watch her." She went and watched her but could not see anything in support of her statement. On that he said, "If my wife was as you thought, I would not keep her in my company

Alqama bataate hain: Abdullah bin Masud ne kaha, 'Allah un auraton par laanat kare jo gudna (tattoo) banaati hain aur jo gudna banwaati hain, aur jo apne chehre ke baal nochti hain, aur jo khoobsurati ke liye apne daanton ke beech kritrim faasla banaati hain, is tarah Allah ki paidaish ko badalti hain.' Ye baat Banu Asad ki ek khaatoon, Umm Yaqub, tak pahunchi, wo (Abdullah ke paas) aayi aur kaha, 'Mujhe pata chala hai ke aapne aisi aisi (auraton) par laanat ki hai?' Unhone jawab diya, 'Main un logon par laanat kyun na karoon jinpar Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne laanat ki hai aur jo Allah ki Kitaab mein (bhi mal'oon) hain!' Umm Yaqub ne kaha, 'Maine poora Quran padha hai, magar mujhe usme aapki kahi hui baat nahi mili.' Unhone kaha, 'Agar tumne ise (Quran ko) padha hota, to tumhein wo mil jaati. Kya tumne nahi padha: "Aur Rasool jo kuch tumhein dein wo le lo, aur jis cheez se mana karein usse ruk jaao"?' (59:7) Usne jawab diya, 'Haan, maine padha hai.' Unhone kaha, 'Beshak Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne aisi cheezon se mana kiya hai.' Usne kaha, 'Magar main to dekh rahi hoon aapki biwi bhi ye kaam karti hain?' Unhone kaha, 'Jaao aur unhein dekho.' Wo gayi aur unhein dekha magar apne dawe ke haq mein kuch nahi paaya. Isper unhone kaha, 'Agar meri biwi waisi hoti jaisa tum sochti ho, to main use apne saath na rakhta.'

Sahih al-Bukhari 4886 · Book 65, Hadith 406