Trimming the nails after wudu': does it invalidate it?
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The questioner : Among the questions from this questioner, she asks: Does trimming the nails after wudu' invalidate it?
The Shaykh : It does not invalidate the wudu'. Trimming the nails after wudu' does not invalidate the wudu'. Shaving the head for men after wudu' does not break the wudu'. Some scholars have cited the fact that shaving the head after wudu' does not break the wudu' as evidence that removing the leather socks after wudu' does not break the wudu'. There is no doubt that the stronger position in the issue of the leather socks is that removing them does not break the wudu', because there is no evidence for that. The wudu' is established as valid by virtue of a legal proof, and what is established by virtue of a legal proof is not lifted except by a legal proof.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, esteemed Shaykh, and may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : It does not invalidate the wudu'. Trimming the nails after wudu' does not invalidate the wudu'. Shaving the head for men after wudu' does not break the wudu'. Some scholars have cited the fact that shaving the head after wudu' does not break the wudu' as evidence that removing the leather socks after wudu' does not break the wudu'. There is no doubt that the stronger position in the issue of the leather socks is that removing them does not break the wudu', because there is no evidence for that. The wudu' is established as valid by virtue of a legal proof, and what is established by virtue of a legal proof is not lifted except by a legal proof.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, esteemed Shaykh, and may Allah bless you.