RULING ON LETTING NAILS GROW LONG AND RULING ON WEARING NAIL POLISH What is the ruling on those who let all or some of their nails grow long? Praise be to Allah. Letting the nails grow long is makrooh, if not haram, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) set a time limit for cutting the nails, and said that they should not be left for more than forty days. (Narrated by Muslim in al-Tahaarah, 258). It is strange that those who claim to be civilized leave their nails to grow even though they trap dirt and make a person look like an animal. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Use whatever causes blood to flow, and eat the animals if the name of Allah is mentioned on slaughtering them. Do not slaughter with teeth or fingernails and I will tell you why: it is because teeth are bones (i.e., cannot cut properly) and fingernails are the tools used by the Ethiopians (whom we should not imitate for they are infidels).” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari in al-Sharikah, 3507; Muslim in al-Adaahi, 1968). This refers to the fact that they used to use their fingernails as knives to slaughter animals and cut the meat, etc. This is the way of those who resemble animals. Kitaab al-Da’wah, 5. Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 2/79
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