Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
bukhari:5946Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Jarīr > ʿUmārah > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah > Utī ʿUmar Biāmraʾah Tashim Faqām > Anshudukum Bi-al-Lah Man

A woman who used to practise tattooing was brought to ʿUmar. ʿUmar got up and said, "I beseech you by Allah, which of you heard the Prophet ﷺ saying something about tattooing?" l got up and said, "0 chief of the Believers! l heard something." He said, "What did you hear?" I said, "I heard the Prophet (addressing the ladies), saying, 'Do not practise tattooing and do not get yourselves tattooed.'"  

البخاري:٥٩٤٦حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ أُتِيَ عُمَرُ بِامْرَأَةٍ تَشِمُ فَقَامَ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ مَنْ

سَمِعَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْوَشْمِ فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقُمْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَا سَمِعْتُ قَالَ مَا سَمِعْتَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ تَشِمْنَ وَلاَ تَسْتَوْشِمْنَ  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Nasāʾī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:5106Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > ʿUmārah > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah > Utī ʿUmar Biāmraʾah Tashim > Anshudukum Bi-al-Lah Hal

"A woman who did tattoos was brought to 'Umar and he said: 'I adjure you by Allah, did any one among you hear (anything from) the Messenger of Allah [SAW]?' Abu Hurairah said: "I stood up and said: 'O Commander of the Believers! I heard him (say something).' He said: 'What did you hear?' I said: 'I heard him say: Do not do tattoos and do not have tattoos done.'"  

النسائي:٥١٠٦أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ أُتِيَ عُمَرُ بِامْرَأَةٍ تَشِمُ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ هَلْ

سَمِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقُمْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ قَالَ فَمَا سَمِعْتَهُ قُلْتُ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لاَ تَشِمْنَ وَلاَ تَسْتَوْشِمْنَ  

nasai-kubra:9337Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > ʿUmārah > Abū Zurʿah > Abū Hurayrah > Utī ʿUmar Biāmraʾah Tashim > Anshudukum Bi-al-Lh Hal

"A woman who did tattoos was brought to 'Umar and he said: 'I adjure you by Allah, did any one among you hear (anything from) the Messenger of Allah [SAW]?' Abu Hurairah said: "I stood up and said: 'O Commander of the Believers! I heard him (say something).' He said: 'What did you hear?' I said: 'I heard him say: Do not do tattoos and do not have tattoos done.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5106)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٣٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ أُتِيَ عُمَرُ بِامْرَأَةٍ تَشِمُ فَقَالَ «§أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ هَلْ

سَمِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟» قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ قَالَ «فَمَا سَمِعْتَهُ؟» فَقُلْتُ «سَمِعْتُهُ» يَقُولُ «لَا تَشِمْنَ وَلَا تَسْتَوْشِمْنَ»