FatwaFederal TerritoriesPurification (Taharah)
AL-KAFI #607 : HUKUM MEMOTONG KUKU ATAU RAMBUT KETIKA HAID DAN NIFAS
What is the ruling on cutting nails or hair during menstruation and postnatal bleeding?
Short answer
Cutting nails or shaving hair during menstruation is not forbidden.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Purification (Taharah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Cutting nails or shaving hair during menstruation is not forbidden. Imam al-Ghazali's prohibition in Ihya Ulumiddin relates to being in a state of janabah from intercourse, whose major impurity can be shortened, not to menstruation or postnatal bleeding, and its wording indicates disliked rather than forbidden. The fatwa also holds the act is not even disliked, but anyone who wishes to avoid the disagreement, or to keep fallen nails and hair to be washed after becoming pure, may do so as a personal choice.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Berdasarkan keterangan ini, kami berpendapat bahawa perbuatan mencukur dan memotong rambut, atau memotong kuku, sewaktu haid bukanlah haram.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #607 : HUKUM MEMOTONG KUKU ATAU RAMBUT KETIKA HAID DAN NIFAS”, 17 April 2017. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/879-al-kafi-607-hukum-memotong-kuku-atau-rambut-ketika-haid-dan-nifas. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-cutting-nails-hair-during-menstruation-postnatal/