Fatwa: # 21121
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: United Kingdom
Date: 11th June 2012

Title

Is there any specific days for cutting nails?

Question

assalamu alaikum, i would just like to know what the issue is with cutting nails on specific days and cutting nails at night. i have been told we cannot cut nails on a tuesday and wednesday. please can you advise me further on this.

Jazakallah

Musa

Answer

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Nothing has been established about the method or time in which to pare one’s nails.[1] One can pare the nails whenever there is a need. To pare the nails on a Tuesday or Wednesday or at night is permissible. It is however advisable to pare the nails on a Friday.

 

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Mawlana Ali bin Cassim,
Student Darul Iftaa
Los Angeles, U.S.A

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.


[1]وفي المواهب اللدنية قال الحافظ ابن حجر: إنه يستحب كيفما احتاج إليه ولم يثبت في كيفيته شيء ولا في تعيين يوم له عن النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - وما يعزى من النظم في ذلك للإمام علي ثم لابن حجر قال شيخنا إنه باطل (قوله قلت إلخ) وكذا قال السيوطي: قد أنكر الإمام ابن دقيق العيد جميع هذه الأبيات وقال لا تعتبر هيئة مخصوصة، وهذا لا أصل له في الشريعة، ولا يجوز اعتقاد استحبابه لأن الاستحباب حكم شرعي لا بد له من دليل وليس استسهال ذلك بصواب اهـ (الدر المختار وحاشية ابن عابدين رد المحتار، ج6ص 406، مصطفى البابي الحابي)

قِيلَ: وَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ فِي قَصِّ الظُّفُرِ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ حَدِيثٌ، بَلْ كَيْفَ مَا احْتَاجَ إِلَيْهِ، وَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ فِي كَيْفِيَّتِهِ، وَلَا فِي تَعْيِينِ يَوْمٍ لَهُ شَيْءٌ، وَمَا يُعْزَى مِنَ النَّظْمِ فِي ذَلِكَ لِعَلِيٍّ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ بَاطِلٌ (جمع الوسائل في شرح الشمائل، ج1ص 213، مصطفى البابي الحلبي)

 

 

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