What is the evidence for the obligation of cutting the nails?
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The questioner : Trimming the nails, may Allah reward you, is trimming the nails obligatory?
The Shaykh : I say that there is nothing that explicitly indicates obligation, but the apparent meaning of the hadith of Anas: "We were given a time limit for these four things we mentioned yesterday," its apparent meaning is obligation, and that it is obligatory to shave the pubic hair, it is obligatory to pluck the armpit hair, it is obligatory to trim the mustache, and it is obligatory to cut the nails, so that they are not left to grow beyond forty days. Yes.
The Shaykh : I say that there is nothing that explicitly indicates obligation, but the apparent meaning of the hadith of Anas: "We were given a time limit for these four things we mentioned yesterday," its apparent meaning is obligation, and that it is obligatory to shave the pubic hair, it is obligatory to pluck the armpit hair, it is obligatory to trim the mustache, and it is obligatory to cut the nails, so that they are not left to grow beyond forty days. Yes.