Dress & Attire

Jewellery which are a symbol of other religions

Q:

  1. If women have gold, silver, and diamond crucifixes, aum, and Buddha jewellery before excepting Islam, what should they do with them? Should they have them melted and redesigned or should they bury them?
  2. What is the punishment for Muslims selling jewellery for kuffaar religions?
  3. Can Muslims wear jewellery that has the name of Allah and ayaat from the Quran in lockets when we don't have wudhu?

Covering tattoos with plain ink

Q:

  1. A brother accepted Islam, but previously was a Christian who has tattoos on his arms, some are facial images, possibly Christian crosses too, is it permissible that he tattoos those images with plain ink so images are not visible to see what it represents or should he leave it alone? 
  2. Will his wudhu and salaah be valid with the tattoos?