Nail Extensions
- Apr 10
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Such matters have become normalised and this article will cover why nail extensions are forbidden. We are going to share evidences from authentication sources in this article, with views from Ulama and the Salaf as well as Hadiths that has been researched and gathered to prove this statement.
Nail extensions/ False Nails:
Wearing false nails that are long and look like the claws of wild animals is something that has come to us from the kuffar. The teaching of Islam enjoins us to cut our nails and not let them grow long .
حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ، وَحَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ " الْفِطْرَةُ خَمْسٌ الاِخْتِتَانُ وَالاِسْتِحْدَادُ وَقَصُّ الشَّارِبِ وَتَقْلِيمُ الأَظْفَارِ وَنَتْفُ الإِبْطِ " .
Abu Huraira reported: Five are the acts of fitra: circumcision, removing the pubes, clipping the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking the hair under the armpits. Sahih Muslim 257b
The Standing Committee for Scholarly Research and Issuing Fatwas stated :
“Whoever does not cut his nails is going against the fitrah. The reason behind this is cleanliness and hygiene, because dirt can gather under the nails. It also serves the purpose of making us different from those among the kuffaar who allow their nails to grow long, and from animals that have claws and talons.” { Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah 5/173 }
They also stated : “It is not permissible to use artificial nails, false eyelashes …, because of the harm that they do where they are attached to the body, and because they also involve deception and changing the creation of Allaah.” { Fataawa al
-Lajnah ad Daimah 17/133 }
