Ruling on letting the nails grow for more than forty days
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Question:
Is letting the nails grow forbidden, and what is the ruling on a woman’s prayer when her nails are long?
Answer:
It is permissible for the nails to remain for a period of forty days, and so is the beard, and so is the armpit, and so is the pubic hair; based on the established hadith of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:Sahih Muslim 258 And in another wording: .
When it reaches forty days, it is obligatory for him to trim the beard, clip the nails, pluck the armpit hair, and shave the pubic hair. As for the nails remaining for less than that, there is no blame on him, if Allah wills. So is the beard... so is the armpit... so is the pubic hair.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, Your Eminence the Shaykh. Some women let their nails grow for months until they paint them with colored dyes, and they consider this to be part of beautification?
The Shaykh: This is not permissible, it is not permissible. When forty days are completed, it is obligatory to clip them.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Is letting the nails grow forbidden, and what is the ruling on a woman’s prayer when her nails are long?
Answer:
It is permissible for the nails to remain for a period of forty days, and so is the beard, and so is the armpit, and so is the pubic hair; based on the established hadith of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
A time limit has been prescribed for us for clipping the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking hair under the armpits, shaving the pubes, that it should not be neglected far more than forty nights.
وقت لنا في قص الشارب، وقلم الظفر، ونتف الإبط، وحلق العانة أن لا ندعها أكثر من أربعين ليلةThe Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set a time limit for us.
وقت لنا النبي ﷺWhen it reaches forty days, it is obligatory for him to trim the beard, clip the nails, pluck the armpit hair, and shave the pubic hair. As for the nails remaining for less than that, there is no blame on him, if Allah wills. So is the beard... so is the armpit... so is the pubic hair.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, Your Eminence the Shaykh. Some women let their nails grow for months until they paint them with colored dyes, and they consider this to be part of beautification?
The Shaykh: This is not permissible, it is not permissible. When forty days are completed, it is obligatory to clip them.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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