What is ruling on trimming nails and hair if I want to perform the sacrificial slaughter of Eid (Qurbani/Udhiyah)?

• Hanafi

  “ Whoever has a sacrifice that they shall slaughter and the new moon of Dhul Hijjah appears, then they shall not remove anything from their hair or nails until they slaughter.”
  (Muslim [1977])

  “The hadith is taken to mean recommendation and not obligation by consensus… negating obligation does negate recommendation; therefore, it is recommended unless it necessitates an increase of the time of permissibility of delaying. The end limit of it is less than forty days, so more than this is not permitted.“

  (Radd al-Muhtar, Chapter of the Two Eid Prayers)

  Answered by Shaykh Bilal Brown, Director of Fiqh Answers.

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• Maliki

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• Hanbali