Volume 7, Book 72, Number 815:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
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Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing and those who get themselves tattooed, and
those who remove their face hairs, and those who create a space between their teeth artificially to
look beautiful, and such women as change the features created by Allah. Why then should I not
curse those whom the Prophet has cursed? And that is in Allah’s Book. i.e. His Saying: ‘And what the
Apostle gives you take it and what he forbids you abstain (from it).’ (59.7)
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 816:
Narrated Humaid bin ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Auf
that in the year he performed Hajj. he heard Mu’awiya bin Abi Sufyan, who was on the pulpit and
was taking a tuft of hair from one of his guards, saying, “Where are your religious learned men? I
heard Allah’s Apostle forbidding this (false hair) and saying, ‘The children of Israel were destroyed
when their women started using this.'” Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, “Allah has cursed the
lady who artificially lengthens (her or someone else’s) hair and the one who gets her hair lengthened
and the One who tattoos (herself or someone else) and the one who gets herself tattooed”
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 817:
Narrated ‘Aisha :
An Ansari girl was married and she became sick and all her hair fell out intending to provide her
with false hair. They asked the Prophet who said, “Allah has cursed the lady who artificially
lengthens (her or someone else’s) hair and also the one who gets her hair lengthened.”
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 818:
Narrated Asma:
(the daughter of Abu’ Bakr) A woman came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “I married my daughter to
someone, but she became sick and all her hair fell out, and (because of that) her husband does not
like her. May I let her use false hair?” On that the Prophet cursed such a lady as artificially lengthen –
ing (her or someone else’s) hair or got her hair lengthened artificially.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 819:
Narrated Asma’
(the daughter of Abu Bakr) Allah’s Apostle has cursed such a lady as artificially lengthening (her
or someone else’s) hair or gets her hair lengthened.
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Volume 7, Book 72, Number 820:
Narrated Ibn Umar
Allah’s Apostle said, “Allah has cursed such a lady as lengthens (her or someone else’s) hair artifi –
cially or gets it lengthened, and also a lady who tattoos (herself or someone else) or gets herself tat –
tooed.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 821:
Narrated Sa’id bin Al-Musaiyab:
Mu’awiya came to Medina for the last time and delivered a sermon. He took out a tuft of hair and
said, “I thought that none used to do this (i.e. use false hair) except Jews. The Prophet labelled such
practice, (i.e. the use of false hair), as cheating.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 822:
Narrated ‘Alqama:
‘Abdullah cursed those women who practiced tattooing and those who removed hair from their
faces and those who created spaces between their teeth artificially to look beautiful, such ladies as
changed what Allah has created. Um Ya’qub said, “What is that?” ‘Abdullah said, “Why should I not
curse those who were cursed by Allah’s Apostle and are referred to in Allah’s Book?” She said to him
“By Allah, I have read the whole Qur’an but I have not found such a thing. ‘Abdullah said, “By Allah,
if you had read it (carefully) you would have found it. (Allah says:) ‘And what the Apostle gives you
take it and what he forbids you abstain (from it).’ (59.7)