anyone have any?
Posted by MyKingdomForATaba2Koshari (Member # 8356) on :
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Posted by Marcella (Member # 10978) on :
I have.What about u?
Posted by charm el feikh? (Member # 10243) on :
no, i was thinking about getting one.
Posted by micky azzam (Member # 11209) on :
yes i have one on my ankle . it is a dolphins head with sunglasses on. my husbands nickname is big fish because he is a profession diver for the red sea
Posted by Timo (Member # 7193) on :
i want one too ... i heard there is a lady in maadi who do them well ...but dont know her exact location
Posted by Dalia* (Member # 10593) on :
quote:Originally posted by Timo: i want one too ... i heard there is a lady in maadi who do them well ...but dont know her exact location
I know an Irish guy in Maadi who's an excellent tattoo artist. He also has a Swiss girl working for him at the moment. I can send you a PM with the contact info if you're interested.
Posted by Timo (Member # 7193) on :
yeah sure ...tnx alot dalia Posted by Luxorlover (Member # 4457) on :
I have two - one on my back and one on a boob Posted by QueenBee (Member # 9378) on :
I think there is something that says the tattoo is not recommended in Islam. I have no tattoos and will not get any, but I think if you get one it should not be on your face or hands. They get pretty gross after a while. My brother got one on his upper arm that is a drawing of the peninsula we live on, hahaha!
Posted by Luxorlover (Member # 4457) on :
I had mine done long before I thought about Islam and the colours are still bright. I had them done as a statement about advancing years - rather like wearing a scarlet coat with a purple hat.
Posted by lemonspice (Member # 5667) on :
I've got a huge butterfly on my lower back! It's very colorful with a lady standing in the center instead of a 'moth'! Got it done by the Irish guy in maadi- he's great. Hygienic, professional with many years of experience and beautiful designs to choose from. I also have his contacts if anybody's interested. Tattoos are a wonderful way of expressing oneself, although thinking twice before doing it is important, as it lasts for life! Ouch..
Posted by With a name like Smuckers (Member # 10289) on :
I'm as pure and natural as the day I was born Posted by Anthropos (Member # 9410) on :
quote:Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: I'm as pure and natural as the day I was born
Hmmmm you don't have pierced ears? Ever colored your hair? Plucked your eyebrows? Waxed your legs? Etc. etc. ...........Define what is "pure and natural"..
Posted by Marcella (Member # 10978) on :
quote:Originally posted by Anthropos:
quote:Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: I'm as pure and natural as the day I was born
Hmmmm you don't have pierced ears? Ever colored your hair? Plucked your eyebrows? Waxed your legs? Etc. etc. ...........Define what is "pure and natural"..
Actually muslims women cannot pluck up their eyebrows but everybody's doing that. Posted by Asooma (Member # 8611) on :
quote:Originally posted by Marcella:
quote:Originally posted by Anthropos:
quote:Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: I'm as pure and natural as the day I was born
Hmmmm you don't have pierced ears? Ever colored your hair? Plucked your eyebrows? Waxed your legs? Etc. etc. ...........Define what is "pure and natural"..
Actually muslims women cannot pluck up their eyebrows but everybody's doing that.
really?? so if I don’t pluck mine, certainly I will look like a men as I have a very small round face with a long dark black eyebrows and I'm Hamdallh Muslim 100% Concerning this issue, it was said for those who change "Allah’s creation" meaning that those who "re-shape" it with different shapes! not their true shape. I think we have to be more careful when we speak about religion!! And of course Allah’s knows best…
Posted by With a name like Smuckers (Member # 10289) on :
quote:Originally posted by Anthropos:
quote:Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: I'm as pure and natural as the day I was born
Hmmmm you don't have pierced ears? Ever colored your hair? Plucked your eyebrows? Waxed your legs? Etc. etc. ...........Define what is "pure and natural"..
never colored my hair, no plucked or waxed eyebrows/legs, but my ears are pierced since I was an infant.....
Posted by sin-dee (Member # 5854) on :
Tattoo's.... I have several of them but all are in places that cannot be seen when I am dressed. I got them at age 17-20 and if I could get rid of them I would. In fact I am considering lazor surgery to remove one of them but its expensive and would take a few sessions to completely remove it. If you are considering getting one just make sure you really LOVE it. It's usually there for life.
Posted by Marcella (Member # 10978) on :
quote:Originally posted by Asooma: really?? so if I don’t pluck mine, certainly I will look like a men as I have a very small round face with a long dark black eyebrows and I'm Hamdallh Muslim 100% Concerning this issue, it was said for those who change "Allah’s creation" meaning that those who "re-shape" it with different shapes! not their true shape. I think we have to be more careful when we speak about religion!! And of course Allah’s knows best…
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So better don't do anything that you don't know if is not haram....
Anyway muslims cannot do that.In fact who is doing that and for what reason?People who are "showing" more then that who wants to look good when they're going out not only for the husband but for "people around".This isn't for muslims!
Posted by Tibe (Member # 10253) on :
Have just gotten 2 yesterday. 1 under each arm with my 2 kids' names. Then I have an old 1 on my lower bag and 1 just under my belly. All tatoos are just black and designed by myself. Gives my body a more personal touch. I have deside if I ever marry again I have to be 1000 % sure that this is the man I wanna spent the rest of my life with. Then I want his named tatooed on my ringfinger insted of a golden ring.
Posted by sin-dee (Member # 5854) on :
I still today have a very old b/f's initials tattooed inside a blue rose on my hip. Havent't seen him now in years.!!! But it's been there so long I never even think about it. I am actually thinking about getting one more. I have a Jordanian friend that is designing it for me. Its very beautiful Arabic writing (just several words) but he has to put the finishing touches on it. IF I go thru with it this one will be on my lower back. But I swear that will be the last one... Posted by sin-dee (Member # 5854) on :
Well Charm, Are you gonna go thru with and get one???
Posted by sin-dee (Member # 5854) on :
quote:Originally posted by Marcella:
quote:Originally posted by Asooma: really?? so if I don’t pluck mine, certainly I will look like a men as I have a very small round face with a long dark black eyebrows and I'm Hamdallh Muslim 100% Concerning this issue, it was said for those who change "Allah’s creation" meaning that those who "re-shape" it with different shapes! not their true shape. I think we have to be more careful when we speak about religion!! And of course Allah’s knows best…
So better don't do anything that you don't know if is not haram....
Anyway muslims cannot do that.In fact who is doing that and for what reason?People who are "showing" more then that who wants to look good when they're going out not only for the husband but for "people around".This isn't for muslims! [/QB]
Firstly, this really has nothing to do with the topic at hand. BUT, and please don't take this as being rude, but I am very sure Asooma knows what is Haram and what is Halal. And I hardly think plucking eyebrows is "showing too much"???? btw, where exactly does it say that specifically plucking your eyebrows is haram?? I am not a Muslim but I have read the Quaran and I don't recall that... Posted by Dalia* (Member # 10593) on :
quote:Originally posted by sin-dee: btw, where exactly does it say that specifically plucking your eyebrows is haram?? I am not a Muslim but I have read the Quaran and I don't recall that...
Some scholars interpret the verse that speaks about changing God's creation as a prohibition for plucking eyebrows:
"And I will misguide them and make them desire, and I will command them, so that they will mark the ears of the livestock, and I will command them so they will make change to God's creation."Whoever takes the devil as a supporter other than God, then he has indeed lost a great loss.
He promises them and makes them desire, but what the devil promises them is only vanity.
For these, their abode shall be Hell, they will find no escape from it. (4:119-121)
I personally find that a bit odd because in many cases the same scholars have no problem with circumcision, pierced ears, removing hair from other parts of the body or even female circumcision.
There's also a hadith (I think by Bukhary) in which the prophet supposedly cursed women who pluck their eyebrows.
Posted by newcomer (Member # 1056) on :
quote:Originally posted by sin-dee: btw, where exactly does it say that specifically plucking your eyebrows is haram?? I am not a Muslim but I have read the Quaran and I don't recall that...
Hi sin-dee!
The order not to pluck eyebrows did, as Dalia correctly mention, come from the Hadith of the Prophet. Here is one of them, that was recorded in both Bukhari and Muslim: It is narrated from Ibn Masoud that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Allah curses those ladies who practice tattooing and those who get themselves tattooed, and those ladies who remove the hair from their faces (al-nams) and those who make artificial spaces between their teeth in order to look more beautiful whereby they change Allah's creation". And here is the link for the fatwa that I took that particular translation from: http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/Fatwa/ShowFatwa.php?lang=E&Id=3745&Option=FatwaId
And here is a Hadith that relates it to the Qur'an: `Abdullah Ibn Mas`ud has reported: Allah curses those ladies who practice tattooing and those who get themselves tattooed, and those ladies who remove the hair from their eyebrows and faces (al-nams) and those who make artificial spaces between their teeth in order to look more beautiful whereby they change Allah's creation. His saying reached a lady from Bani Asad called Ummi Yaqub who came (to `Abdullah) and said: I have come to know that you have cursed such-and-such (ladies)? He replied: Why should I not curse these whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and who are (cursed) in Allah's Book! Ummi Yaqub said: I have read the whole Qur'an, but I did not find in it what you say. He said: Verily, if you have read it (i.e. the Qur'an), you have found it. Didn't you read: And whatsoever the Apostle gives you take it and whatsoever he forbids you, you abstain (from it). (59.7) She replied: Yes, I did. He said: Verily, Allah's Apostle forbade such things. She said: But I see your wife doing these things? He said: Go and watch her. She went and watched her but could not see anything in support of her statement. On that he said: If my wife was as you thought, I would not keep her in my company. (Bukhari, Kitabu'l Libas) (Taken from: http://www.renaissance.com.pk/seocres98.html)
And here is a fatwa from Qaradawi, which indicates that there are some different interpretations of what the Arabic word "al-nams" means: "Among the extremes of beautification prohibited by Islam is al-nams, which denotes removing the hair of the eyebrows by plucking in order to thin or shape them. The Prophet (peace be on him) cursed both the women who do the plucking and those who seek to have it done. (Narrated by Abu Daoud on good authority.) This practice is particularly frowned upon because it is customarily done by prostitutes.
According to some Hanbali scholars, if the husband approves it, the removal of facial hair (other than that of the eyebrows) and the use of powder, creams, and other beauty aids are permitted to women, as this is part of feminine adornment. Al-Nawawi is somewhat more strict, considering the removal of facial hair to be al-nams and hence forbidden. In contrast to his opinion, we may, however, mention Abu Daud's statement in his Sunan that "al-nams is plucking the eyebrows in order to thin them," from which we may conclude that al-nams does not include the removal of facial hair.
Al-Tabari reports a narrative concerning the wife of Abu Ishaq, who loved to beautify herself. Once she visited 'Aisha and asked, "What if a woman removes the hair from her forehead to please her husband?" 'Aisha replied, "Remove what is harmful from yourselves whenever possible."(Fath al-Bari, under the explanation of the hadith by Ibn Mas'ood in the chapter entitled "Pluckers of Eyebrows," in the book Clothing.)" http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/Q_LP/ch2s2pre.htm#Plucking%20the%20Eyebrows Posted by With a name like Smuckers (Member # 10289) on :
personally I think women look prettier without plucked eyebrows. If you notice younger girls have fuller eyebrows and so as women pluck or thread or wax their eyebrows, they start to look older.
Posted by Samia (Member # 4691) on :
I've got my horse on my left thigh!!! Posted by Semsema (Member # 5415) on :
Hope it's not a shire horse Samia! I have two: A scorpion on my left shoulder and a blue spotted lagoon ray on my left thigh which I can make as look as if it is swimming.
I can't believe I have just admitted to that, but hey ho.
Posted by Halima (Member # 11322) on :
I've got two tribals on my ankles! No probelm with that in Egypt so far Posted by sin-dee (Member # 5854) on :
Thank you both Dalia* & Newcomer...
Posted by mike rozier (Member # 10852) on :
I got one when I was on the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
Posted by charm el feikh? (Member # 10243) on :
ive finally chose mine... getting it done this weekend.
Posted by blue skies (Member # 8447) on :
oooh Charm - what did you choose?! I was thinking about it once, but I'm too much of a chicken.
My friend had a really pretty row of ivy done across the top of her back last year, and then two weeks later met her Egy husband-to-be - who doesn't appreciate it at all!
Posted by PrincessPegasus (Member # 10582) on :
how's about a great big pig on your back then that would be "doing the bacon" teeee heee just chillin' havin' a beer shooting the breeze honey ;-))
Posted by may day (Member # 8936) on :
I HAVE ONE IN LEFT HAND
Posted by r.i.p.R (Member # 11270) on :
i have a beauty spot thats enough for me and frekles now why wud a girl not want more shere beauty is that ???than paint your self in your skin when myne is natural , just joking people shud do what ever they feel free ,ihave black ink spot in my knucles through culture god knows why but they r there ,my auntie in africa in kenya has her face done round the eyes being a muslim this facinates me but we are not allowed to inject any kind of paint in us so that bit facinates me ,oh isnt it great to be of mixed culture its awonderful world Posted by Kerry (Member # 6310) on :
cool topic i got the KEY OF LIFE (Ankh) on my toe
i really love it its like a toering just forever im always happy when i can wear shepshep pretty less in germany!!! everyone which saw it said CUTE I WANT ONE TOO NICE IDEA
its on my right foot on the nr. 4! its very tiny its 1cm!
Posted by charm el feikh? (Member # 10243) on :
i'll put a photo up when i get it done... im working on the details.
Posted by Samia (Member # 4691) on :
I once saw a lady with a string of coloured elephants around a thigh.....I loved it!!!! But.... when people have stuff in Chinese and Arabic... you really have to trust the tattooist!! How do you know their "free as a bird" or whatever isnt really " I'm an ugly asshole"!!?? Posted by sin-dee (Member # 5854) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samia: I once saw a lady with a string of coloured elephants around a thigh.....I loved it!!!! But.... when people have stuff in Chinese and Arabic... you really have to trust the tattooist!! How do you know their "free as a bird" or whatever isnt really " I'm an ugly asshole"!!??
Samia, you are so right. Of course you must trust the person designing the tattoo if you can't read Arabic. I have seen the exact words I am thinking of getting in Arabic and they do look exacly like what I am having designed. I may not even get it done only. Still thinking about it. But I do fully trust this person. He is Jordanian, NOT a boyfriend, just a very, very good friend...
And Charm, I can't wait to see what you have chosen!!!!
Posted by Kerry (Member # 6310) on :
hahaha i know that feelin...i was in mallorca (spain) and got my 2nd and last tattoo, and i wanted the name ANGEL (malaika)in arabic, so i went to an arabic restaurant over there to write it down for me, after my tattoo finished i was so scared thats written wrong...and THAN THE BIG MOMENT i showed it to my mom of course she was upset and sad with me that i did it, but at least it was written RIGHT EL HAMDULELAH and im happy and its lovley and looks nice i like those more than chinese signs, coz arabic is something close to me, like the key of life on my toe!!! so both things i will never regret! and both are on places which i can cover easily and wont be shown even in bikini!
Posted by mido2004 (Member # 4790) on :
I have a tattoo of Hosni mubarak on my ass, is that haram?
Posted by charm el feikh? (Member # 10243) on :
hmmm... does he have one of you on his?
Posted by DamselInDistress (Member # 7061) on :
If Mubarak has a tattoo on his ass, it would have to be of a big dollar sign done in 24 carat gold leaf.
Posted by inkslinger (Member # 10459) on :
hey everyone,im the guy thats tattooing here in cairo,,,if anyone wants to book an appointment for a tattoo,,give me a call on 0102317645 or email:tattoos4all@hotmail.com...from 12to6 sunday to thursday,,,cheers:)
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Posted by DamselInDistress (Member # 7061) on :
I would love to get one but I'm too much of a chicken. Some people say it is pain plus, others tell me it doesn't hurt at all. My BIG question is, what is the pain factor ?
Posted by Sweet Pea (Member # 10993) on :
Hey DamselInDistress Im with you on this one. Im desperate to get a tattoo but to chicken to follow through with it even though people say I have a high threshold for pain I would be fine. I have seen the faces of my friends while they were getting their tattoos done and lets just say it didnt look like they were having fun!
Posted by inkslinger (Member # 10459) on :
well i gotta say some parts hurt more than others,,but i wouldt call it pain unless u were spending hours at one session,,,its more irritating than painfull if its just a small tattoo,,,and also what ive noticed,,,girls do have a higher pain theshold than most guys when it comes to tattoos,,,,so dont let the pain put u off,,,its all part of the process,,,,no pain no gain,as they say,,, Posted by Melati (Member # 9610) on :
I heard it was like having sunburn badly, and someone raking their nails over the sunburn.
Posted by micky azzam (Member # 11209) on :
ohhhhhhhhh its a piece of cake just have a couple of drinks and you wont feel the pain but it is exactly what you said melati, but not nails more like needles
Posted by charm el feikh? (Member # 10243) on :
you dont have to endure the pain at all.... you can ask for a topical anesthetic.. they just rub it on your skin and you wont feel a thing!
they use it during cuttings and brandings, and if they cant feel that then im sure you wont feel a little needle!
Posted by charm el feikh? (Member # 10243) on :
btw... welcome back inkslinger!
Posted by inkslinger (Member # 10459) on :
yea ive heard of these types of anesthetics,ive heard some good stories,,and also some bad,,ive heard it does work alright,,but it can affect the healing somewhat?,that making the colours not as vivid?,,,whether this is true?,,im not sure,as the only anesthetic i use is a wodden stick to chew on,,,,that seems to work, Posted by pablowablo (Member # 9129) on :
So inkslinger u seem to know abit about tattoos what do u have on u?
Posted by inkslinger (Member # 10459) on :
yea i can say i know a bit,,,,ive got about 60% coverage....so far..!
Posted by pablowablo (Member # 9129) on :
ive heard some tattooist give their customers lolly pops
Posted by charm el feikh? (Member # 10243) on :
this site is excellent... you have to be a member to see it all... you have to send a photo in to get membership.
Posted by pablowablo (Member # 9129) on :
wow 60percent!! are they big pieces or small what styles
Posted by Dalia* (Member # 10593) on :
quote:Originally posted by inkslinger: yea i can say i know a bit,,,,ive got about 60% coverage....so far..!
Isn't that an understatement? Posted by maryxshehab (Member # 11341) on :
(shehab) i think thats kind of crazy to mess up what god gave u by drow in ur skin
Posted by Luxorlover (Member # 4457) on :
I had mine done as a statement about passing years. It was the equivalent of two fingers to the world. When I was asked whether I really wanted to go ahead with it, I replied that it was hardly going to ruin my life at my advance age. Ten years down the line, I do not regret having it done.
Posted by charm el feikh? (Member # 10243) on :
Luxorlover... why doesnt that surprise me about you?! good for you girl.
im about to go for my second sitting. the work im having done is major!
maryxshehab... welcome to ES.
i honestly respect what you say, and i agree to a certain extent... but ive had 4 kids and it took its toll on me! i fitness instruct for a living so i felt the need to have corrective surgery to restore my body to its pre-child birth state, and i dont regret a single minute of it!
the work im having done incorporates the scars i received during surgery... and also the scars i was left with after being cut out of a car that i should have died in...
the date of the crash and the lessons ive learned from it are tattooed on me as a permanent reminder to live life to the full and be thankful for every day.
each tattoo that i have involves the written word, and each word is a daily reminder to help m achieve my objectives on this planet...
LIVE
LOVE
LAUGH
i have daughters babe... and they have perfect skin, as yet untouched. but if they wanted to have a tattoo i would hope i could advise them, but when they have marks on their bodies other than what they left mine with... i'd be very understanding with how they wanted to cover/remember them with.
Posted by Charm el Feikh? (Member # 10243) on :
i got a new tattoo yesterday!
Posted by simpri (Member # 11573) on :
I found anaesthetic cream worth it, why suffer if you don't need to. I was advised by the tattooist that the secret to protecting the skin after having a tattoo to prevent drying out and infection is to use Anusol (haemmoroid cream) several times a day:) I have two lovely tattoos and never had any problem with either of them. Definitely had them making a statement about being individual, my mother won't look at my arm ever again!, she's 85 ...
Posted by simpri (Member # 11573) on :
quote:Originally posted by inkslinger: yea ive heard of these types of anesthetics,ive heard some good stories,,and also some bad,,ive heard it does work alright,,but it can affect the healing somewhat?,that making the colours not as vivid?,,,whether this is true?
In my experience the anaesethetic has to be left on about 30 minutes before doing the tattoo, and it did not affect the colours I have black and red and they're as brilliant now as the day they were done, no fading. The first was The George Cross (not for UK) with St George and the Dragon including the writing which was intricate (as on Malta flag); and the second was Maltese Cross. Very happy with both, sadly the tattooist died recently, so I won't be having any more ...
Posted by get_over_it (Member # 11286) on :
quote:Originally posted by Charm el Feikh?: i got a new tattoo yesterday!
Oooh - you finally did it! How is it looking? Any photos yet?! Are you happy with how it turned out? Nosey bugger, aren't I?! Posted by cHiMpSs (Member # 11270) on :
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Posted by Charm el Feikh? (Member # 10243) on :
im happy with it.. going back on tuesday to have the other wrist done. the back one is still a work in progress.. i'll post some pics when the bruising has gone down.
im seriously considering having some scarification done... anyone got any? it looks so painful!!!
Posted by ^*^Sh@tterd CrY$t@l*^* (Member # 11811) on :
i loooooooooooooooooooooooooooove tattoooooooooooooos i wish i gad one but its haram in islam but i do compensate with henna evrytim i hed 2 sharm...not bad after all
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