أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ أُتِيَ عُمَرُ بِامْرَأَةٍ تَشِمُ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُکُمْ بِاللَّهِ هَلْ سَمِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنْکُمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقُمْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ قَالَ فَمَا سَمِعْتَهُ قُلْتُ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَا تَشِمْنَ وَلَا تَسْتَوْشِمْنَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5121
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “A woman who did tattoos was brought to ‘Umar and he said: ‘I adjure you by Allah, did any one among you hear (anything from) the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم AbuHurairah said: “I stood up and said: ‘Commander of the Believers! I heard him (say something).’ He said: ‘What did you hear?’ I said: ‘I heard him say: Do not do tattoos and do not have tattoos done.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
