ʿAbdullah (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 Asd called Um Yaqub who came (to ʿAbdullah) and said, "I have come to know that you have cursed such-and-such (ladies)?" He replied, "Why should I not curse these whom Messenger of Allah 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, Messenger of Allah 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."  

لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُوتَشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ فَجَاءَتْ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ لَعَنْتَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ فَقَالَ وَمَا لِي لاَ أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَنْ هُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَتْ لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مَا بَيْنَ اللَّوْحَيْنِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُ فِيهِ مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ لَئِنْ كُنْتِ قَرَأْتِيهِ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتِيهِ أَمَا قَرَأْتِ {وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا} قَالَتْ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْهُ قَالَتْ فَإِنِّي أَرَى أَهْلَكَ يَفْعَلُونَهُ قَالَ فَاذْهَبِي فَانْظُرِي فَذَهَبَتْ فَنَظَرَتْ فَلَمْ تَرَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهَا شَيْئًا فَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَتْ كَذَلِكَ مَا جَامَعْتُها  

"The Messenger of Allah cursed the woman who does tattoos and the one who has them done, and those who pluck their eyebrows and file their teeth for the purpose of beautification, and those who change the creation of Allah." News of that reached a woman of Banu Asad who was called Umm Ya'qub. She came to him and said: "I have heard that you said such and such." He said: 'Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah cursed ? And it is in the Book of Allah.'' She said: "I read what is between its two covers 'and I have not found that." He said: "If you read it properly you would have found it. Have you not read the words: 'And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad) gives you, take it; and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it).'?" She said: "Of course." He said: 'The Messenger of Allah forbade that." She said: 'I think that your wife does it.' He said: " Go and look." So she went and looked and she did not see what she wanted. She said: "I have not seen anything!’ 'Abdullah said: "If she was as you say, I would not have kept her with me. "  

لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ فَجَاءَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ قَالَ وَمَالِي لاَ أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ قَالَتْ إِنِّي لأَقْرَأُ مَا بَيْنَ لَوْحَيْهِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ قَالَ إِنْ كُنْتِ قَرَأْتِهِ فَقَدْ وَجَدْتِهِ أَمَا قَرَأْتِ {وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا} قَالَتْ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْهُ قَالَتْ فَإِنِّي لأَظُنُّ أَهْلَكَ يَفْعَلُونَ قَالَ اذْهَبِي فَانْظُرِي فَذَهَبَتْ فَنَظَرَتْ فَلَمْ تَرَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهَا شَيْئًا قَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ كَمَا تَقُولِينَ مَا جَامَعَتْنَا  

[Machine] "May Allah curse the tattooed women, the pluckers (of eyebrows), the mutilators, and those who modify the creation of Allah. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Will I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah has cursed?' A woman from the tribe of Bani Asad said, 'I think he is among my relatives.' He said to her, 'Go and look.' So she went and looked, and she did not see anything in them or in him (indicating her relatives). She said, 'I did not see anything in them or in him in the Qur'an.' He said, 'Indeed, I said it: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said it.'"  

لَعَنَ اللهُ الْمُتَوَشِّمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ وَالْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَا أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهُ فِي أَهْلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهَا اذْهَبِي فَانْظُرِي فَذَهَبَتْ فَنَظَرَتْ فَقَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ فِيهِمْ شَيْئًا وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ فِي الْمُصْحَفِ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

"The Messenger of Allah cursed the woman who does tattoos and the one who has them done, and those who pluck their eyebrows and file their teeth for the purpose of beautification, and those who change the creation of Allah." News of that reached a woman of Banu Asad who was called Umm Ya'qub. She came to him and said: "I have heard that you said such and such." He said: 'Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah cursed ? And it is in the Book of Allah.'' She said: "I read what is between its two covers 'and I have not found that." He said: "If you read it properly you would have found it. Have you not read the words: 'And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad) gives you, take it; and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it).'?" She said: "Of course." He said: 'The Messenger of Allah forbade that." She said: 'I think that your wife does it.' He said: " Go and look." So she went and looked and she did not see what she wanted. She said: "I have not seen anything!’ 'Abdullah said: "If she was as you say, I would not have kept her with me. " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1989)   

لَعَنَ اللهُ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَوَشِّمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللهِ قَالَ فَبَلَغَ امْرَأَةً فِي الْبَيْتِ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ فَجَاءَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ؟ فَقَالَ مَا لِي لَا أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ؟ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي لَأَقْرَأُ مَا بَيْنَ لَوْحَيْهِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتِ قَرَأْتِيهِ فَقَدْ وَجَدْتِيهِ أَمَا قَرَأْتِ {ومَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا} [الحشر 7] قَالَتْبَلَى قَالَ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْهُ قَالَتْ إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّ أَهْلَكَ يَفْعَلُونَ قَالَ اذْهَبِي فَانْظُرِي فَنَظَرَتْ فَلَمْ تَرَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهَا شَيْئًا فَجَاءَتْ فَقَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا قَالَ لَوْ كَانَتْ كَذَلِكَ لَمْ تُجَامِعْنَا قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَابِسٍ يُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ أُمِّ يَعْقُوبَ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهَا فَاخْتَرْتُ حَدِيثَ مَنْصُورٍ  

ʿAbdullah (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 Asd called Um Yaqub who came (to ʿAbdullah) and said, "I have come to know that you have cursed such-and-such (ladies)?" He replied, "Why should I not curse these whom Messenger of Allah 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, Messenger of Allah 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." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4886)  

«لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ» فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ فَجَاءَتْ فَقَالَتْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ لَعَنْتَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ؟ فَقَالَ وَمَا لِي لَا أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ؟ فَقَالَتْ لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مَا بَيْنَ اللَّوْحَيْنِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُ فِيهِ مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ لَئِنْ كُنْتِ قَرَأْتِيهِ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتِيهِ أَمَا قَرَأْتِ {مَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ} [الحشر 7]؟ فَقَالَتْ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْهُ فَقَالَتْ فَإِنِّي أَرَى أَهْلَكَ يَفْعَلُونَهُ؟ قَالَ فَادْخُلِي فَانْظُرِي فَدَخَلَتْ فَنَظَرَتْ فَلَمْ تَرَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهَا شَيْئًا فَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَتْ كَذَلِكِ مَا جَامَعْتُهَا  

[Machine] "It has reached me that you say the curse upon the tattooed woman, the one who tattoos, the one who plucks facial hair, and the one who alters the creation of Allah. I have read what is between the two tablets, but I did not find what you say." He said, "Yes, I found it. However, you do not know." She asked, "Where is it?" He replied, "Have you not read, 'Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, abstain from it'?" She said, "Yes." He said, "That is it." She said, "Indeed, I see some of that on your family." He said, "Enter and look." So she entered and looked but she did not see anything. Abdullah said to her, "Did you see anything?" She replied, "No." Abdullah said, "If you had seen anything from that, would you have followed me?"  

إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تَقُولُ لُعِنَتِ الْوَاشِمَةُ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَةُ وَالنَّامِصَةُ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَةُ وَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مَا بَيْنَ اللَّوْحَيْنِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُ مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ بَلَى وَجَدْتِ وَلَكِنَّكِ لَا تَعْلَمِينَ قَالَتْ وَأَيْنَ هُوَ؟ قَالَ أَمَا قَرَأْتِ {وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا} قَالَتْ بَلَى قَالَ هُوَ ذَاكَ قَالَتْ أَمَا إِنِّي لَأَرَى عَلَى أَهْلِكَ بَعْضَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَادْخُلِي فَانْظُرِي فَدَخَلَتْ فَنَظَرَتْ فَلَمْ تَرَ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ لَهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ هَلْ رَأَيْتِ شَيْئًا؟ قَالَتْ لَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَمَا إِنَّكِ لَوْ رَأَيْتِ شَيْئًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا صَحِبْنَنِي»  

What is this news that has reached me from you that you curse those women who tattooed and those women who have themselves tattooed, the women who pluck hair from their faces and who make spaces between their teeth for beautification changing what God has created? Thereupon 'Abdullah said: Should I not curse one upon whom Messenger of Allah ﷺ has invoked curse and that is in the Book also. Thereupon that woman said: I read the Qur'an from cover to cover, but I did not find that in it. whereupon he said: If you had read (thoroughly) you would have definitely found this in that (as) Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, has said:" What Messenger of Allah brings for you accept that and what he has forbidden you, refrain from that." That woman said: I find this thing in your wife even now. Thereupon he said: Go and see her. She reported: I went to the wife of 'Abdullah but found nothing of this sort in her. She came back to him and said: I have not seen anything. whereupon he said: Had there been anything like it in her, I would have never slept with her in the bed. (Using translation from Muslim 2125a)  

«لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ» قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ كَانَتْ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ فَأَتَتْهُ فَقَالَتْ مَا حَدِيثٌ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ لَعَنْتَ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَمَا لِي لَا أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ قَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مَا بَيْنَ لَوْحَيِ الْمُصْحَفِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ قَالَ «وَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتِ قَرَأْتِيهِ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتِيهِ» ثُمَّ قَالَ {وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا} قَالَ قَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ فَإِنِّي أَرَى شَيْئًا مِنْ هَذَا الْآنَ عَلَى امْرَأَتِكَ قَالَ «فَاذْهَبِي فَانْظُرِي» قَالَ فَدَخَلَتْ عَلَى امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَلَمْ تَرَ شَيْئًا فَجَاءَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ أَمَا لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ نُجَامِعْهَا  

"The Messenger of Allah cursed the woman who does tattoos and the one who has them done, and those who pluck their eyebrows and file their teeth for the purpose of beautification, and those who change the creation of Allah." News of that reached a woman of Banu Asad who was called Umm Ya'qub. She came to him and said: "I have heard that you said such and such." He said: 'Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah cursed ? And it is in the Book of Allah.'' She said: "I read what is between its two covers 'and I have not found that." He said: "If you read it properly you would have found it. Have you not read the words: 'And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad) gives you, take it; and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it).'?" She said: "Of course." He said: 'The Messenger of Allah forbade that." She said: 'I think that your wife does it.' He said: " Go and look." So she went and looked and she did not see what she wanted. She said: "I have not seen anything!’ 'Abdullah said: "If she was as you say, I would not have kept her with me. " (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1989)   

«لَعَنَ اللهُ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللهِ» فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ لَعَنْتَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ قَالَ مَا لِي لَا أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَنْ هُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ قَالَتْ إِنِّي لَأَقْرَأُ مَا بَيْنَ اللَّوْحَيْنِ مَا أَجِدُهُ قَالَ إِنْ كُنْتِ قَارِئَةً لَقَدْ وَجَدْتِيهِ أَمَا قَرَأْتِ {وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا} قَالَتْ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ «نَهَى عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ» قَالَتْ إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّ أَهْلَكَ يَفْعَلُونَ بَعْضَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ «فَاذْهَبِي فَانْظُرِي» فَدَخَلَتْ فَلَمْ تَرَ مِنْ حَاجَتِهَا شَيْئًا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «لَوْ كَانَتْ كَذَلِكَ لَمْ تُجَامِعْنَا» قَالَ الدَّبَرِيُّ قُلْنَا لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ مَا النَّامِصَةُ؟ قَالَ «الَّتِي تَنْتِفُ شَعْرَهَا»  

[Machine] "May Allah curse those who alter the creation of Allah, such as those who pluck their eyebrows, those who tattoo themselves, and those who file their teeth. A woman from the tribe of Banu Assad, known as Umm al-Mustawrid, came to him and said, 'O Abu Abdullah, I have heard that you have cursed those who pluck their eyebrows, tattoo themselves, and file their teeth.' He said, 'Should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed, and it is in the Book of Allah?' She said, 'I have read what is between the two covers [of the Quran], and I did not find it in there.' He said, 'If you had indeed read what is between the two covers [of the Quran], you would have found it in the Book of Allah, where it says, "Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you from, refrain from it."' She said, 'By Allah, I thought your family was doing it.' He said, 'Come in and have a look. If they are doing it, they will not spend the night with me.' So she went in, looked around, then came out saying, 'I did not see anything, I did not see anything.'"  

«لَعَنَ اللهُ الْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَوَحِّشَاتِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللهِ» فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ الْمُسْتَوْرِدِ فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ لَعَنْتَ الْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَوَشِّمَاتِ فَقَالَ أَلَا أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَفِي كِتَابِ اللهِ قَالَتْ لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مَا بَيْنَ اللَّوْحَيْنِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ فِيهِ قَالَ لَئِنْ كُنْتِ قَرَأْتِ مَا بَيْنَ اللَّوْحَيْنِ إِنَّهُ لَفِي كِتَابِ اللهِ {مَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا} قَالَتْ وَاللهِ إِنِّي لَأَحْسِبُ أَهْلَكَ يَصْنَعُونَهُ قَالَ «فَادْخُلِي فَانْظُرِي فَإِنْ كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ لَا يَبِيتُونَ عِنْدِي لَيْلَةً» فَدَخَلَتْ فَنَظَرَتْ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ وَهِي تَقُولُ مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا  

ʿAbdullah (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 Asd called Um Yaqub who came (to ʿAbdullah) and said, "I have come to know that you have cursed such-and-such (ladies)?" He replied, "Why should I not curse these whom Messenger of Allah 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, Messenger of Allah 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." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4886)   

«لَعَنَ اللهُ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمَوْشُومَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللهِ» فَبَلَغَتِ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ فَأَتَتْهُ فَقَالَتْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ لَعَنْتَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ؟ قَالَ «أَلَا أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ» قَالَتْ لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مَا بَيْنَ لَوْحَيِ الْمُصْحَفِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ؟ قَالَ لَئِنْ كُنْتِ قَرَأْتِيهِ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتِيهِ أَمَا وَجَدْتِ {وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا} [الحشر 7]؟ قَالَتْ بَلَى وَإِنِّي أَظُنُّ أَهْلَكَ يَفْعَلُونَ بَعْضَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «ادْخُلِي فَانْظُرِي» فَدَخَلَتْ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ قَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا قَالَ «لَوْ فَعَلَتْهُ لَمْ تُجَامِعْنَا»  

What is this news that has reached me from you that you curse those women who tattooed and those women who have themselves tattooed, the women who pluck hair from their faces and who make spaces between their teeth for beautification changing what God has created? Thereupon 'Abdullah said: Should I not curse one upon whom Messenger of Allah ﷺ has invoked curse and that is in the Book also. Thereupon that woman said: I read the Qur'an from cover to cover, but I did not find that in it. whereupon he said: If you had read (thoroughly) you would have definitely found this in that (as) Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, has said:" What Messenger of Allah brings for you accept that and what he has forbidden you, refrain from that." That woman said: I find this thing in your wife even now. Thereupon he said: Go and see her. She reported: I went to the wife of 'Abdullah but found nothing of this sort in her. She came back to him and said: I have not seen anything. whereupon he said: Had there been anything like it in her, I would have never slept with her in the bed. (Using translation from Muslim 2125a)   

لَعَنَ اللهُ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللهِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ وَكَانَتْ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ فَأَتَتْهُ فَقَالَتْ مَا حَدِيثٌ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ لَعَنْتَ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللهِ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَمَا لِي لَا أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَقَالَتْ لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مَا بَيْنَ لَوْحَيِ الْمُصْحَفِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَئِنْ كُنْتِ قَرَأْتِيهِ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتِيهِ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا} [الحشر 7] قَالَتْ فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا مِنْ هَذَا عَلَى امْرَأَتِكَ قَالَ فَاذْهَبِي فَانْظُرِي فَنَظَرَتْ فَلَمْ تَرَ شَيْئًا فَقَالَتْ مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ أَمَا لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ تُجَامِعْنَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ إِسْحَاقَ