Is going to a massaj parlour a sin,in different cultures?

kaun · October 18, 2009, 4:17pm

It would depend upon your intentions for going to a massage parlour. If your intentions are not wrong, then it should be fine.

^Just request someone of the same gender as you to give you the massage…so that it’ll be more appropriate.

If you’re don’t feel comfortable, then you can consider other alternatives. You can purchase an electrical massager or even a massaging chair. Or…go to Bed Bath & Beyond…and sit on their massaging chairs for a few minutes. It’s free, lol.

Try a warm bath…pain-relievers…hot-water bottle…get someone from your family to massage you if you don’t feel comfortable with strangers doing it at a parlour.

In other cultures…massage parlours might not be such a big deal. For example…in Western culture…where its not frowned upon to interact and mingle freely or unchaperoned with non-mahrams…there are no qualms about being massaged by complete strangers. In desi culture…and Islam has an influence…mingling with non-mahrams let alone getting massages from one is frowned upon.

And…culture asides…with some people it’s simply a matter of personal preference. I know some people who DON’T even like getting a massage from their family members because they’re just generally not touchy-feely personalities.

I totally agree wid dat !!