I owe no human an explanation: Rahma Pinky defends her tattoos – Sqoop

Ugandan singer Rahma Pinky has made it clear that she has no plans to part with her tattoos — even in death.

The singer was addressing the long-running conversations among Muslims about tattoos, including claims that they should be removed from a deceased person’s body. Pinky’s response was characteristically firm: she does not want hers removed when she dies.

“If you pass on in Islam, they remove all your tattoos, please don’t dare remove mine. Leave them on, I will explain to God when I face Him,” Pinky said.

For Pinky, the tattoos are not simply fashion accessories. She describes them as intentional markings that document different parts of her life, with each one carrying a meaning known to her.

“I don’t owe any human being any explanation,” she said. “My tattoos are so intentional.”

The singer says she has more than 12 tattoos, including markings on her face as well as her name and date of birth.

Among the tattoos is one dedicated to her late brother, giving the collection a deeply personal connection to her family and memories.

“My face, date of birth, my name, my lost brother and how delicate I am,” she explained.

While tattoos have often attracted debate within Muslim communities, particularly over whether they are permissible and what should happen to them after death, Pinky appears uninterested in allowing such discussions to dictate what she does with her body.

Instead, she views the tattoos as a permanent record of experiences, relationships and aspects of her identity.

Her comments underline a broader attitude she has maintained about her appearance — that the decisions she makes about her body are personal and do not require approval or explanation from other people.

For Pinky, even the possibility of answering for those choices in the afterlife is something she is prepared to face herself.

“I will explain to God when I face Him,” she said.