Abstaining from Hair and Nails in the First Ten Days: Is It Specific to the One Offering a Sacrifice?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is abstaining from cutting hair and nails in the first ten days specific to the one who offers a sacrifice, or does it apply to his household as well?
Answer:
No, it is for the one who offers a sacrifice. Whoever intends to offer a sacrifice. The jurists say whoever intends to offer a sacrifice or has a sacrifice offered on his behalf. No, that statement is not correct. It is only for the one who intends to offer a sacrifice himself. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is abstaining from cutting hair and nails in the first ten days specific to the one who offers a sacrifice, or does it apply to his household as well?
Answer:
No, it is for the one who offers a sacrifice. Whoever intends to offer a sacrifice. The jurists say whoever intends to offer a sacrifice or has a sacrifice offered on his behalf. No, that statement is not correct. It is only for the one who intends to offer a sacrifice himself. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الحث على الأضحية — islamhouse.com (53:03)
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