Any tattoo parlours around?

ithaka
By ithaka

Does anyone know any good tattoo parlours here?

By AHMAD44• 6 Dec 2006 13:25
Rating: 2/5
AHMAD44

The theory with plastic surgery butterfly is that you shouldnt change what got created you with, but however if something happened after the creation part for example an accident or illness or something then you can have surgery to fix what went wrong.

So basically breast implants would be wrong, removing a scar would be ok. Teeth whitening and lazek eye surgery are ok because its things that got worse with time as a result of whatever smoking/drinking coffee, watching tv too close or reading too much. Facelifts i guess are contravercial, your not born with wrinkles but also it could be considered trying to mess with the cycle of life...i dont know some are too tricky.

For me i broke my nose i got punched in it from the side and when i went to the hospital they told me they cant do anything go to a specialist when the swelling goes down. They had done an x-ray and seen it hadnt deviated too much thats why they didnt do anything for me. When the swelling went down i couldnt breathe on one side barely, i have to sniff hard all the time and everyone at work thinks i'm snorting lines in my office!

I saw a nose doctor and he said the cartilage and the bone are both deviated in opposite directions they make like a little hill v-shape inside one nostrill so the breathing is horrible there. And if i catch a cold and the second opening cloggs up its very hard.

Now comes the contraversy, by nose before the break wasnt really perfect it has a little bump in it naturally, so if i have to follow the rules strictly then i must ask the plastic surgeon to fix the breathing problem but not make the nose look better than it did before!! Which will make him stare at me strangely!

I'm thinking about it because i do plan on getting punched in 2007 so maybe i shouldnt jump into surgery so fast.

By dohagirl• 24 Jul 2006 08:40
dohagirl

My female Qatari students loved my tattoos and had permission from their parents to get one when they turned 18 if they could find a women to do it (fat chance). So I don't think it's against the law I think its probably just frowned upon.

By e46M3• 24 Jul 2006 00:04
e46M3

You're right of course. And what about ear-rings?...

I'm not defending the logic just relaying it for ithaka's benefit since he asked.

The same argument has been used against cigarettes too, by the way.

There are many bedouin women, by the way, who have tattoos in places like Sinai and Jordan.

This of course leads to a whole new discourse but I'm not sure it's something we want to get into here. Do you?

By butterfly• 23 Jul 2006 23:43
butterfly

Applying the above logic, then surgery such as breast enlargement or nose reduction would also be haram?

So how can you explain the cosmetic surgery clinics in Qatar?Shouldn´t that be forbiden

By e46M3• 23 Jul 2006 22:00
e46M3

While there is no specific mention of tattoos in the Quran, later interpretations have forbidden it. So there you have it. I found this about the matter:

[In his book, The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam, the Muslim scholar, Sheik Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, states:

“Islam denounces excesses in beautifying oneself when it alters the physical features that Allah created him with. The Glorious Qur'an considers such alterations as inspired by Satan, who "...will command them (his devotees) to change what Allah has created...� (An-Nisa': 119)

Tattooing is one of those excesses. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have cursed the tattooer and the tattooed. (Reported by Muslim)

Tattooing permanently disfigures the face and other parts of the body with colored pigment and repulsive designs. Some Arabs, especially women, are in the habit of tattooing large areas of their bodies. People of certain religious sects tattoo pictures of their deities or religious rituals on their hands and chests. The pain and agony that the person experiences from the needles piercing skin add to these images. Because of all of this, both the tattooer and the one who is tattooed have been cursed.�]

By ithaka• 23 Jul 2006 21:52
ithaka

Tattoos are haram??? this is news to me especially since im a muslim myself.

Is it still haram if its just my parents name on my forearm?

By lzxcoco• 23 Jul 2006 16:29
Rating: 5/5
lzxcoco

go to thailand or taiwan, get it done before u come to doha. nice art.

By angelwings• 23 Jul 2006 15:12
Rating: 5/5
angelwings

Definitely not allowed.

No 'puncturing' of the skin without a medical license. Tattoo parlours themselves would never be allowed here, as mentioned before. I provide temporary tattoos(washable/removable), but this is all you'll get in Qatar.

Angel

By e46M3• 22 Jul 2006 16:33
e46M3

Tattoos are frowned upon in Islam and unless it's done in an underground/illegal way I doubt you'll find anything here.

By dweller• 22 Jul 2006 14:17
Rating: 4/5
dweller

I don't think you will find one in Doha. I believe that it's considered haram. My son-in-law has one and will have to have it removed to go on the Haj.

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