Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2783
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْوَاصِلَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْصِلَةَ وَالْوَاشِمَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَةَ " . قَالَ نَافِعٌ الْوَشْمُ فِي اللِّثَةِ . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَمَعْقِلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ وَأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ibn ‘Umar reported that the Prophet said: ‘May Allah curse the woman who attaches hair extensions and the woman who asks for them, and the woman who tattoos and the woman who asks to be tattooed.’ Nafi‘ said: Tattooing is on the gums.
This is a hasan sahih hadith. There are reports on this topic from ‘A’ishah, Ma‘qil ibn Yasar, Asma’ bint Abi Bakr, and Ibn ‘Abbas.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic includes Nafi‘’s clarification that the tattooing mentioned is on the gums, as well as four corroborating reports omitted from the English witness.