Comments on: Convert Removing Tattoo

By: David

David — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:22:51 +0000

Salams, Male Muslim here asking can I keep my nose piercing, it’s very small not the hook kind but just a single stud in right side. Can I keep it in while praying , making tahara , being a Muslim in America ?

By: Fatema

Fatema — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:25:09 +0000

Can you please go back to the question regarding Muslims who have gotten tattoos but are trying to practice Islam better, do they need to remove the tattoo?

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:27:10 +0000

In reply to confused. Circumcision is not a condition for one to embrace Islam. A person may become Muslim and never get circumcised---this does not effect the validity of one's Islam. In some schools circumcision is an obligation (that is, not a condition to be a Muslim, but if one left it out, one would be sinful). This is the position i learned about the Shaf`iyy schol. There are other positions among the Sunni scholars which say that it is disliked not to get circumcised. Again, this point should NOT be seen as a deterrent for one embracing Islam. It is far less harmful for one to be engrossed in non-blasphemous sins than it is to be in a state of disbelief while living an apparently wholesome lifestyle.

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:21:08 +0000

In reply to charnel.

It is better that you become a Muslim first—simply by saying the Declaration of Faith: “Nothing is worthy of worship except Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.”

The matter of the tattoo is that yes, a person must recognize that it is forbidden, but having a tattoo has nothing to do with the validity of one embracing Islam.

By: confused

confused — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:55:32 +0000

I have a question….do male converts have to get circumcised?

Please if someone could give me an answer I greatly appreciate it.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:20:49 +0000

In reply to Ahad Shafqat. Your question is what imam suhaib addressed. Please read the article :)

By: Ahad Shafqat

Ahad Shafqat — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:02:01 +0000

Is removal on a tattoo compulsory in Islam? I wouldn’t think so since it’s just a Hadith. Based on the methodology and science of Hadith collection, we can’t say with 100% certainty that it is the word of our Prophet. I guess what I’m trying to say is that while the Quran is the word of God which cannot be denied in any way or form, Hadith may not be compulsory in the full sense of the word. Please shed light on this. Thanks.

P.S. Please don’t presume and pigeonhole me with a certain sect as I don’t really subscribe to any one sect.

By: SeekerofKnowledge

SeekerofKnowledge — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:26:52 +0000

As’salaamolaikum Charnel. The mistakes, and you say bad choices; that a person made prior to conversion…those mistakes/bad choices transfer to the reward of good deeds because had it probably not been for those very choices…the guidance and light of the value of Islam probably would not have been recognized by you.

By: charnel

charnel — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:37:32 +0000

I am going to convert soon, but everyone that I have spoken to says tht I have to remove my tattoos and I don’t feel its neccessary as I feel it was a part of my life and it won’t affect my acceptance of the religion. Having my tattoos removed will defnitly make me feel that I am erasing a part of my life and that is wrong because having gone through the good and the bad choices has made me the person I am today so I don’t see why I should erase my past

By: Mercy

Mercy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:24:29 +0000

also are there not Ethnic groups within Islam itself that have and use tattooing as a for of identification? i’ve read articles in book about some of the beautiful facial tattoos on berber women, which represent what clan and family they belong to? are these not allowed as well?

i ask out of curiousity, as one who is wanting to convert at some point.