What is the ruling on trimming the nails during Hajj when a person is in the state of ihram?
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The questioner : This message came from the listener Ali Muhammad Mufarrih, who asks: What is the ruling on trimming the nails during Hajj when a person is in the state of ihram?
The Shaykh : Trimming the nails during Hajj is not advisable, because that is a form of adornment, and the purpose of Hajj is for a person to be unkempt and dusty. Therefore, he should not trim his nails.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Many, or most, of the scholars have held that trimming the nails is among the prohibitions of ihram, and that it is forbidden for him. If he trims three nails or more, he must either offer a fidyah by slaughtering an animal and giving it in charity to the poor, or feed six poor people, giving each poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), or fast for three days. In any case, a person should not expose himself to such matters, which are a point of disagreement among the scholars, and on which the scholars have agreed that it is advisable—indeed, it is prescribed—to avoid them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have reached the end of this session.
The Shaykh : Trimming the nails during Hajj is not advisable, because that is a form of adornment, and the purpose of Hajj is for a person to be unkempt and dusty. Therefore, he should not trim his nails.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Many, or most, of the scholars have held that trimming the nails is among the prohibitions of ihram, and that it is forbidden for him. If he trims three nails or more, he must either offer a fidyah by slaughtering an animal and giving it in charity to the poor, or feed six poor people, giving each poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), or fast for three days. In any case, a person should not expose himself to such matters, which are a point of disagreement among the scholars, and on which the scholars have agreed that it is advisable—indeed, it is prescribed—to avoid them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have reached the end of this session.