Hadith 4169

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ الْمَعْنَى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الْوَاشِمَاتِ ، قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ : وَالْوَاصِلَاتِ ، وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ : وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ ، ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا : وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا : أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ زَادَ عُثْمَانُ كَانَتْ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا ، فَأَتَتْهُ فَقَالَتْ : بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ لَعَنْتَ الْوَاشِمَاتِ وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ ، قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ : وَالْوَاصِلَاتِ ، وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ : وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ ، ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا : وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ : لِلْحُسْنِ الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ، فَقَالَ : وَمَا لِي لَا أَلْعَنُ مَنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ، قَالَتْ : لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مَا بَيْنَ لَوْحَيِ الْمُصْحَفِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ ، فَقَالَ : وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ كُنْتِ قَرَأْتِيهِ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتِيهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ : وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا سورة الحشر آية 7 ، قَالَتْ : إِنِّي أَرَى بَعْضَ هَذَا عَلَى امْرَأَتِكَ ، قَالَ : فَادْخُلِي فَانْظُرِي ، فَدَخَلَتْ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ ، فَقَالَ : مَا رَأَيْتِ ؟ وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ : فَقَالَتْ : مَا رَأَيْتُ ، فَقَالَ : لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مَا كَانَتْ مَعَنَا " .
Abdullah (b. Mas'us) said: Allah has cursed the woman who tattoo and the women who have themselves tattooed, the women who add false hair (according to the version of Muhammad bin Isa) and the women who pluck hairs from their faces (according to the version on Uthman). The agreed version then goes: The women who spaces between their teeth for beauty, changing what Allah has created. When a woman of Banu Asad called Umm Ya'qub, who read the Quran (according to the version of Uthman) heard it, she came to him (according to the agreed version) and said: I have heard that you have cursed the women who tattoo, those have themselves tattooed, those who add false hair (according to the version of Muhammad), those pluck hairs from their faces, and those who make spaces between their teeth (according to the agreed version), for changing what Allah has created (according to the version of Uthman). He said: Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had cursed and those who were mentioned in Allah's Book ? She said: I have read it from cover to cover and have not found in it. He said: I swear by Allah, if you read it, you would have found it. He then read: What the Messenger has brought you accept, and what he has forbidden refrain from it. She said: I find some of these thing in you wife. He said: Enter (the house) and see. She said: I then entered (the house) and came out. He asked: What did you see ? She said: I did not see (anything). He said: Had it been so, she would have not have been with us. This is according to the version of Uthman.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الترجل / 4169
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: صحيح بخاري (5931) صحيح مسلم (2125)
Hadith Takhrij « صحیح البخاری/تفسیر سورة الحشر 4 (4886)، اللباس 82 (5931)، 84 (5939)، 85 (5943)، 86 (5944)، 87 (5948)، صحیح مسلم/اللباس 33 (2125)، سنن الترمذی/الأدب 33 (2782)، سنن النسائی/الزینة 24 (5102)، 26 (5110، 5111)، الزینة من المجتبی 18 (5254)، سنن ابن ماجہ/النکاح 52 (1989)، (تحفة الأشراف: 9450)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (1/409، 415، 434، 448، 454، 462، 465)، سنن الدارمی/الاشتذان 19 (2689) (صحیح) »
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The aforementioned matters are causes of curse and major sins; it is obligatory to avoid them and their perpetration is forbidden.

➋ Those engaged in the work of inviting to the religion (da‘wah) are scrutinized by people with a very keen eye, and people desire that they themselves be the foremost practitioners and exemplars of what they preach. Undoubtedly, without this, their invitation becomes substandard. Therefore, male and female preachers and callers to Islam should themselves be practicing. And they should always keep in mind this most severe Qur’anic warning:
(O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do? (2) Most hateful it is in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do.)

➌ Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud radi Allahu anhu fulfilled this standard, and expressing his faith-driven sentiments, he said: If his wife were to commit acts contrary to the Shari‘ah, she would not be among his family.

➍ Verse 7 of Surah al-Hashr is a comprehensive verse of the entire Shari‘ah and also a comprehensive proof for the authority of hadith.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4169