Are all sorts of tattooing haraam?

AS Salaamu Alaikum. I am eager to get a specific tattoo. Its a verse from the holy Qur'an. 2:152. My Question is, will it be a sin to get the tattoo or not? If it will be a sin, then please elaborate? Jazak Allah Khair

Dear Brother / Sister,

It is religiously not permissible to have one’s body tattooed regardless of the material used.

Hazrat Prophet, who did not approve of changes in the natural appearance of man, who was created in the best of molds, prohibited tattoos, too. He stated that Allah damns women who tattoo and have themselves tattooed. If a person who commits a deed is damned by Allah, it means that deed is haram. (see Bukhari, Libas, 87; Muslim, Li­bas, 119-120)

People have been having different parts of their bodies tattooed for a very long time. Today, this custom is maintained in some places. While some young people in Europe and the US do it as an 'ornament', some irresponsible young people in our country imitate them, too. The Arabs of Jahiliyya/Ignorance (the time before Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him) would have themselves tattooed to ornament themselves; at the same time, they believed that their joints became stronger with the various shapes and pictures that they had tattooed on their bodies. Today, however, this does not go beyond the desire to imitate.

As is commonly known, tattoo is done this way: The body is wounded with needles or similar tools so that blood comes out. Then, the wound is left to heal after putting suet and other substances on it. Finally, a dark green shape forms under the skin.

According to the hadiths (sayings of the Prophet) narrated by Bukhari and Muslim, the Prophet prohibited tattooing and having oneself tattooed and stated that the one who does it loses the worthiness for Divine mercy.

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