What is the ruling regarding cutting of nails and hair after seeing the moon of Dhul Hijjah?

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

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

The Fuqahaa (Jurists) have mentioned that it is Mustahab for one doing Qurbani to abstain from cutting one’s nails and hair during the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah.

However, if one has not cut one’s hair for forty days or more, one should cut one’s hair irrespective of the above.[1]

Furthermore, if one’s nails are so long that it may injure one, one may cut one’s nails.[2]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Ismail Desai,
Student Darul Iftaa
Durban, South Africa

Checked and Concurred by,
Moulana Abdul Azeem Bin Abdul Rahmaan

Student Darul Iftaa