09-22-2009, 06:45 PM
Bismillah
Now having explained as above introducing how Tatoos is strictly forbidden in Islam based on Quran and hadeeth coupled with recent researches from non Muslim sources showing the risks and threats associated therein. I can assume someone who argues this is my body and if I want to do it and jeopardise my life, so what?
I will focus on the core of interest here lest I get offtopic. It is not your body, this is Allah's creation and it belongs to Allah. Allah Allowed us usage and commanded us to properly maintain it against potential harm. I mean we are not to intentionally bring harm to ourselves. Certainly, we might be inflicted with diseases and illnesses. But we should not do that intentionally, and if we do, we are held accountable and shall be questioned. For example, Allah Commands us in Quran not to jeopardise ourselves by being exposed to threatening situation:
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"And spend in the Cause of Allah and do not throw yourselves into destruction, and do good. Truly, Allah loves the good-doers. (Quran 2:195)"
And according to hadeeth:
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"أخرج البخاري و مسلم عن أسامة بن زيد رضي الله عنهما أن النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم قال : ( إن الطاعون رجز على من كان قبلكم أو على بني إسرائيل فإذا كان بأرض فلا تخرجوا منها فراراً منه ، و إذا كان بأرض فلا تدخلوها ) .
Narrated under the authority of Usama Bin Zaid may Allah be Pleased with both of them that the Prophet blessing and peace be upon him said: (plague is punishment that befell those who were before you, or the children of Israel, if it inflicts a land, do not leave it to run away from plague, and if it inflicts a land, do not enter it)
Reported by Bukhari"
Obviously, this is the quarantine rule.
The above mentioned Quran Ayah and hadeeth clearly shows how important it is to save lives, protect health, and refrain from life threatening positions or causations.