{"id":21076,"date":"2021-03-25T22:32:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T22:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=21076"},"modified":"2021-03-25T22:49:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T22:49:55","slug":"is-face-painting-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/is-face-painting-haram\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Face Painting Haram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 05117<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Maulana Sibghat Ullah<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Is face painting haram?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">You cannot do face painting as the face is the sacred part of the body and it should be respected and not mocked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Also, face painting resembles the ways which lead to haram so in this scenario later on it can lead to tattooing your face or body which is haram in Islam <a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[i]<\/a> so according to sharia those ways which lead you to harm shall be avoided too <a href=\"#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\">[ii]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Furthermore, the Prophet of Allah (\ufdfa) has said: \u201cIf somebody fights then he should avoid the face.\u201d <a href=\"#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\">[iii]<\/a> The same ruling will apply for face painting as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Maulana Sibghat Ullah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[i]<\/a> Sahih Bukhari, Book of Medicine, Vol 1, Page 854, Qadeemi Kutub Khana:-The Prophet (\ufdfa) said, &#8220;The effect of an evil eye is a fact.&#8221; And he (\ufdfa)prohibited tattooing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\">[ii]<\/a> Maqasad e Shariya, Page 10:- 2<sup>nd<\/sup> type, Those things which are forbidden because it takes you to haram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"#_ednref3\" name=\"_edn3\">[iii]<\/a> Sahih Bukhari, Book of Slaves, Vol 1, Page 347, Qadeemi Kutub Khana:-If somebody fights then he should avoid the face<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 05117 &nbsp; Answered by: Maulana Sibghat Ullah &nbsp; Question &nbsp; Is face painting haram? 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