Fatwa: # 39219
Category: Fasting
Country: United States
Date: 22nd October 2017

Title

Is it permissible to cut the nails and trim hairs during fasting?

Question

Is it permissible to cut the nails and trim hairs during fasting?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

It is permissible to cut nails and trim hair while fasting.[i] 

And Allah Ta‘ālā Knows Best.

Lutfy Alam 

Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved by:
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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[i]

مختصر القدوري (ص: ٦٢)

والصوم هو: الإمساك عن الأكل والشرب والجماع نهارا مع النية

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