The Ruling on Lengthening the Nails for Men and Women
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on lengthening the nails for men and for women?
Answer:
This is not permissible. Do not let the nails grow beyond forty days; do not let them exceed forty days. Yes. But now people attach nails, and may Allah protect us from that. This attachment is not permissible. The one who attaches nails and the one who has them attached are cursed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on lengthening the nails for men and for women?
Answer:
This is not permissible. Do not let the nails grow beyond forty days; do not let them exceed forty days. Yes. But now people attach nails, and may Allah protect us from that. This attachment is not permissible. The one who attaches nails and the one who has them attached are cursed. Yes.
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شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل والفلاسفة لا تختص بأمة من الأمم بل هم موجودون في سائر الأمم — islamhouse.com (1:18:13)
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