What is the ruling on a person who had a tattoo done on her while she was young?
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Question:
The questioner, T.M. al-Khasirah, says: My mother had a tattoo done on her right hand when she was a child. It has become clear that doing a tattoo is forbidden, as you know. So, is there a sin on my mother for that? And what do you advise her to do now, Your Eminence the Shaykh?
Answer:
She is required to remove it, if that is feasible for her, she should remove it by the appropriate methods that doctors know. They remove the tattoo by the appropriate methods. If she did it while ignorant, she owes nothing. But if she was knowledgeable, she must repent and remove the tattoo by the method that doctors know.
The questioner, T.M. al-Khasirah, says: My mother had a tattoo done on her right hand when she was a child. It has become clear that doing a tattoo is forbidden, as you know. So, is there a sin on my mother for that? And what do you advise her to do now, Your Eminence the Shaykh?
Answer:
She is required to remove it, if that is feasible for her, she should remove it by the appropriate methods that doctors know. They remove the tattoo by the appropriate methods. If she did it while ignorant, she owes nothing. But if she was knowledgeable, she must repent and remove the tattoo by the method that doctors know.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 042 ما حكم من عُمل لها وشم وهي صغيرة؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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