Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 4431

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ فَجَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ لَعَنْتَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ فَقَالَ: مَا لِي لَا أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَنْ هُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَتْ: لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مَا بَيْنَ اللَّوْحَيْنِ فَمَا وجدت فِيهِ مَا نقُول قَالَ: لَئِنْ كُنْتِ قَرَأْتِيهِ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتِيهِ أَمَا قَرَأت: (مَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا) ؟ قَالَت: بلَى قَالَ: فإِنه قد نهى عَنهُ

Translation

Abdullah ibn Masud reported: Allah has cursed women who tattoo and those who ask to be tattooed, women who pluck facial hair, and women who file gaps between their teeth for beauty, changing the creation of Allah. A woman came to him and said, “I have heard that you curse such-and-such women.” He replied, “Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed and those cursed in the Book of Allah?” She said, “I have read everything between the two covers, but I did not find what you say.” He replied, “If you have read it, you must have found it. Have you not read the verse that says to take what the Messenger gives you and abstain from what he forbids?” She said, “Yes.” He said, “He forbade it.”