Q: Is it permissible to pierce your tongue?
A.
Piercing the tongue is sinful, because it is not an Islamic practice,
rather a custom borrowed from the non-Muslims, but it does not fall
under the category of major sins. Doing this is, therefore, akin to
committing a Makrooh Tahreemi act. For this one should make Taubah. The
position of these types of sins (i.e. Makrooh Tahreemi, which is close
to Haraam) is that if one’s good deeds are more, then these sins are
automatically wiped out. If not, then these lesser sins will all weigh
against one on the Day of Judgment. Punishment depends on what Allah
Ta’aala decides. If something is sinful, big or small, the duty of
every good Muslim is to abstain there from.
| Q: Can a male tie his hair in a ponytail if it's shoulder length and it keeps going over his face?
A:
This is not permissible because it resembles the hair of a female, and
the hadith prohibits a male from imitating a female as mentioned in
Saheehul-Bukhari. If the hair is long, apply oil and comb it regularly
to keep it in place, or comb all the hair back, which resembles the
sunnah.
And Allah Ta'aala knows best.
Questions answered by Ulama of http://www.alfarouq.co.za |