Ruling on the slaughter agent taking from his nails and hair

May Allah reward you. A message was received for the program from one of our female listeners, Umm Abdullah, our sister, who says: I want to offer a sacrifice for my mother from her lawful money, because she has willed it. Is it permissible for me to comb my hair and trim my nails after the entry of the ten days? Because I am the one who will handle the sacrificial animal and name it. I ask for a response, and may Allah reward you with good?
Answer: The sacrificial animals for which an agent is appointed, whether the agent is a man or a woman, are not considered to be offering the sacrifice themselves. Therefore, there is no blame on them for taking from their beard hair, removing their armpit hair, or trimming their nails; there is nothing wrong with it. The same applies to the woman; she may comb her hair and trim her nails because she is not the one offering the sacrifice; she is merely an agent. The agent for the sacrificial animals, who offers the sacrifice on behalf of his mother, father, or relatives, owes nothing of this. The same applies to the woman. The only one who does not take from his hair or nails is the one who offers the sacrifice from his own wealth, volunteering from his own money for himself, his family, or his father and mother, drawing near to Allah thereby. This is the one who, when the ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah enter, does not take anything from his hair or nails, whether he is a man or a woman, if he volunteers from his wealth, meaning: he spends from his money on a sacrifice for himself, his father, or his mother, or for himself and the household. This is the Sunnah, so he does not take anything from his hair, nails, or skin, meaning: his skin, he does not take anything until he offers the sacrifice after the entry of the month, the month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
And if the man is the one offering the sacrifice for his family, as is prescribed, then his family is not bound by the ruling; rather, he alone is bound. So if he intends to offer a sacrifice, he does not take anything from his hair or nails. As for his wife, daughters, and sons, there is nothing wrong with them taking; because it is he who is offering the sacrifice.
As for the statement of some jurists: "It is forbidden for the one who offers a sacrifice or for whom a sacrifice is offered," their statement: "or for whom a sacrifice is offered" has no evidence for it. The prohibition is specific to the one who offers the sacrifice, meaning: the one who buys the sacrificial animal from his own wealth. As for the agent, it does not apply to him. As for the wife of the one offering the sacrifice, it does not apply to her. And so, his children for whom the sacrifice is offered have no blame in taking from the hair or the nail. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.