What is recommended for the one who offers a sacrifice when the ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah begin
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Know that when the ten days enter—meaning the ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah—and you intend to offer a sacrifice, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has forbidden you from taking anything from your hair, your nails, or your skin. What is the skin, my brother?The questioner: The skin.
The Shaykh: Does a person take from his skin?The questioner: The hair.
The Shaykh: No.
He says: (He does not take from his hair, nor from his nails, nor from his skin).
The questioner: I do not know.
The Shaykh: The words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are serious,So how did he say: and not from his skin? Who knows?Questioner: Trimming something from the skin.
The Shaykh: How does one cut something from the skin.
The questioner: If there is pain, it is permissible to cut it.
The Shaykh: We have not reached the point of when it is permissible, but how can one imagine cutting the skin?The questioner: Meaning, if something happens to him and he needs to cut it.
The Shaykh: No.
If he needs it, there is no harm; it is permissible.
The questioner: The extra layer on the surface of the skin.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Some people have extra skin on the edge of the foot, so they peel it off and remove the excess.
The Shaykh: It is, in any case, a conceivable matter,Sometimes, as the brother said: there is a crust that has become infected previously and has dried out, and something has solidified on it; do not take it. This is one case.
The second: Some people have cracks in their feet, especially in their heels, and they start peeling them; do not do that. However, if some skin comes off and bothers you, there is no harm in trimming what bothers you; because this is for a need. And this ruling, which I mean the prohibition from taking hair, nails, and skin, is specific to the one who offers a sacrifice only. As for the one for whom a sacrifice is offered, there is no harm in his taking. Accordingly, if a person intends to offer a sacrifice for himself and his family, the ruling applies to him himself. As for the family, there is no blame on them for taking any of that.Contrary to what some of the scholars said: The one for whom a sacrifice is offered is like the one who offers a sacrifice, meaning he avoids taking from these things.Then this opinion is weak because the hadith is explicit: (If one of you intends to offer a sacrifice) and it did not say: or for whom a sacrifice is offered.
Then, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer a sacrifice for himself and his family, and he did not forbid them from doing so.
The Shaykh: Does a person take from his skin?The questioner: The hair.
The Shaykh: No.
He says: (He does not take from his hair, nor from his nails, nor from his skin).
The questioner: I do not know.
The Shaykh: The words of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) are serious,So how did he say: and not from his skin? Who knows?Questioner: Trimming something from the skin.
The Shaykh: How does one cut something from the skin.
The questioner: If there is pain, it is permissible to cut it.
The Shaykh: We have not reached the point of when it is permissible, but how can one imagine cutting the skin?The questioner: Meaning, if something happens to him and he needs to cut it.
The Shaykh: No.
If he needs it, there is no harm; it is permissible.
The questioner: The extra layer on the surface of the skin.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Some people have extra skin on the edge of the foot, so they peel it off and remove the excess.
The Shaykh: It is, in any case, a conceivable matter,Sometimes, as the brother said: there is a crust that has become infected previously and has dried out, and something has solidified on it; do not take it. This is one case.
The second: Some people have cracks in their feet, especially in their heels, and they start peeling them; do not do that. However, if some skin comes off and bothers you, there is no harm in trimming what bothers you; because this is for a need. And this ruling, which I mean the prohibition from taking hair, nails, and skin, is specific to the one who offers a sacrifice only. As for the one for whom a sacrifice is offered, there is no harm in his taking. Accordingly, if a person intends to offer a sacrifice for himself and his family, the ruling applies to him himself. As for the family, there is no blame on them for taking any of that.Contrary to what some of the scholars said: The one for whom a sacrifice is offered is like the one who offers a sacrifice, meaning he avoids taking from these things.Then this opinion is weak because the hadith is explicit: (If one of you intends to offer a sacrifice) and it did not say: or for whom a sacrifice is offered.
Then, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to offer a sacrifice for himself and his family, and he did not forbid them from doing so.