The last point in tattoo; Now, let’s finalize the “tattoo” issue which continues from last week. The followers of this column will remember well: In our first article, we warned young people about “tattoo” based on a hadith of Prophet (sas). The second and third articles were containing two letters, one letter from a tattoo master and one letter from a young person who had a tattoo. From received responses and letters we understand that "tattoo" has a very strong marketing in Turkey. According to some people this is a freedom area. And some of them think that that there is no relation between tattoo and religion/faith. Finally, in letters, some readers highlighted that tattoo is a very important issue in terms of religion and precautions must be taken. *** “Tattoo” is not a new application. People have had tattoos on their various areas of body since ancient times. Today, this tradition is continuing. Some young people in Europe and America have tattoo in a "decorative" form, while for some of them it is as a symbol of faith. In our country, some young people are just imitating them. In the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, Arabs had tattoo to beautify and they believe in that by drawing various figures and portraits on their body they will gain power for joints. When we first wrote about this our reference was Islam. For this reason we mentioned well-known "tattoo" hadith. In commenting on this issue, the religious framework needs to look this issue. Because we are Muslims and we belong to some “nass”es, that is, verses and hadiths. In the beginning let’s say that: There is no verse in the Koran about the tattoo ban! Therefore, nobody can say that tattoo is forbidden by religion. Already, some behaviors like using of jewelry, combing hair, being ornamented within reason and dressing well are permitted by the Islamic religion, because with these behaviors the beauty of human creation becomes more significant. However, changing features and shapes given in creation is forbidden. Indeed, the Prophet (sas) condemned (with light words) people who have tattoo to change their features of creation. In other words, he cursed. After all, tattoo has a permanent track in the body and it becomes a part of the body after this track. Therefore, to tattoo and to have a tattoo did not religiously permissible. However, the tattoo itself is not an obstacle to perform ablution and full ablution. This is an important point. Because the tattoo is under the skin, not on the skin, has become a part of the body. A person who had a tattoo can perform ablution, prayer and fast because having tattoo don’t bring abjuration of Islamic religion. Tattoo is confused with henna by some people. Henna has no permanent track on body and it can be cleared by washing. So, if a Muslim with a tattoo which is already had understand that the tattoo is not permissible by Islamic religion, what would he do? Removing the tattoo or destroying it with difficult methods is not necessary unless there is a figure relation with another religion (such as cross symbol) or ugly or unethical. If he can not remove tattoo (if this is impossible) he should do nothing. Because, Allah does not load responsible which is impossible to carry out. Allah does not want things those are impossible. A man who sin without knowledge, should wish forgiveness from Allah and swear off. Hopefully, that repentance will be accepted. Allah promise that he will accepts the sincere repentances. *** To interpret religious issues by desired and lustful feelings would be wrong. If we believe in Allah and if we say that we are going the path of prophets, their sayings and signs are binding for us. If we don’t believe in these, so there is no issue of interest to us. Quoted from M. Emin Paktürk
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