Changing the Nail for a Need
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Q: A girl has a deformity in the nail of her big toe, where the nail has grown together and now resembles a seed or a bird’s beak. She is about to get married and feels uncomfortable about its appearance in front of people; therefore, she wears a shoe that covers it when she goes out, or a sock, but this causes her discomfort and hardship, especially since she is about to get married. The question is: Is she permitted to remove this nail and replace it with an artificial one? It is known that this artificial nail is not permanent, but rather she might change it every month or more. And if the answer is that it is permissible, does this temporarily fixed artificial nail affect the validity of the ablution?
A: It is permissible for this girl to remove her nail and place an artificial nail in its place; because it is disfiguring, and this artificial nail does not affect the validity of the ablution or the full ritual bath; due to the hadith of 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Tufayrah, that his grandfather 'Urfajah ibn As'ad :Mishkat al-Masabih 4400 It was narrated by the Imam Ahmad and Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasa'i, and al-Nawawi graded it as good in (al-Majmu').
A: It is permissible for this girl to remove her nail and place an artificial nail in its place; because it is disfiguring, and this artificial nail does not affect the validity of the ablution or the full ritual bath; due to the hadith of 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Tufayrah, that his grandfather 'Urfajah ibn As'ad :
who had had his nose cut off at the battle of al-Kulab (This was a battle about ten years before the Hijra in which the tribe of Tamim was engaged) got a silver nose, but it developed a stench, so the Prophet ordered him to get a gold nose
أصيب أنفه يوم الكلاب فاتخذ أنفًا من ورق فأنتن عليه، فأمره النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أن يتخذ أنفًا من ذهب
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