Fatwa: # 22940
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: Pakistan
Date: 27th October 2012

Title

What is the ruling regarding cutting of nails and hair after seeing the moon of Dhul Hijjah?

Question

WHAT ABOUT CUTTING OF NAILS AND HAIR AFTER SEEING THE MOON OF zILHAJ?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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

The Fuqahaa (Jurists) have mentioned that it is Mustahab for one doing Qurbani to abstain from cutting one’s nails and hair during the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah.

However, if one has not cut one’s hair for forty days or more, one should cut one’s hair irrespective of the above.[1]

Furthermore, if one’s nails are so long that it may injure one, one may cut one’s nails.[2]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best                                       

Ismail Desai,
Student Darul Iftaa
Durban, South Africa

Checked and Concurred by,
Moulana Abdul Azeem Bin Abdul Rahmaan

Student Darul Iftaa

 


    احسن الفتاوي، ج 7، ص 496- 497، ايج ايم سعيد[1]

  المحمود، ص 31[2]

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