my questions to the op just got ignored loool... sure, this person really wants daleel? can't even be bothered to answer questions and just prefers to ask for references? ignores questions AND takes the discussion into new territory when we haven't even managed to understand exactly why they are asking this question? since they don't want to clarify our concerns? very nice...
... here is an option for you, go get your tattoo transfer paper of some celtic symbols or whatever symbolic patterns they represent - enjoy then for a day or two, and then wash them off. on the day of judgement, Allah will ask you why you had those celtic or other symbols transfered onto your body and you know what? You can answer HIM yourself.
Salaam... i got better things to do with my time then read this nonsense.
All I have to say is, GROW A BRAIN. no offence but really? you need to think about your intentions first.
Scimi
EDIT, even if we are to use common sense and go to a reference site for info, we an deduce that marking the body is haraam. The following is from wiki...
Tattoos are considered forbidden in Sunni Islam and are permissible in Shia Islam. According to the book of Sunni traditions, Sahih Bukhari, "The Prophet forbade [...] mutilation (or maiming) of bodies."[SUP]
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Several Sunni Muslim scholars believe tattooing is a sin because it involves changing the creation of God(Surah 4 Verse 117-120).[SUP]
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There is, however, difference of scholarly Sunni Muslim opinion as to the reason why tattoos are forbidden.[SUP]
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here we can see that though the scholars are in agreement that body marking is haraam, the reasons are so many that they are often in disagreement about which reasons over-rides the others in matters of importance.
Now read this:
Tattoos are forbidden in Judaism[SUP][35][/SUP] based on the Torah (Leviticus 19:28): "You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves: I am the Lord." The prohibition is explained by contemporary rabbis as part of a general prohibition on body modification (with the obvious exception of ritual circumcision) that does not serve a medical purpose (such as to correct a deformity). Maimonides, a leading 12th century scholar of Jewish law and thought, explains the prohibition against tattoos as a Jewish response to paganism.
In modern times, the association of tattoos with Nazi concentration camps and the Holocaust has given an additional level for revulsion to the practice of tattooing, even among many otherwise fairly secular Jews. It is a common misconception that anyone bearing a tattoo is not permitted to be buried in a Jewish cemetery.[SUP][36][/SUP]
What you need to realise is that the patterns in tattoos, whether permanent needle tattos or removable transfers, all relate back to symbology - the most mind boggling thing for me is that no one bothers to find out what those symbolic patterns represent? Did you know that most of these are pagan in origin? Or even anti-Semitic as in the case above... either way, we do not breed hatred as Muslims, or unwittingly sponsor the symbols of the pagans either...
In matters of uncertainty, it is better to refrain from the action out of fear of your Lord Creator, Allah. And for the love of your Lord Creator, Allah.
That is all.
Scimi