Some people, especially girls, tend to prolong their nails as a manifestation of adornment, especially by adding the mask and shapes to attract attention and add some elegance to their trousers. Some men tend to prolong their nails or one of them as a kind of fashion.
But what most of them do not know is that the nails are stretched too long and can not be cut. They can cause many diseases. The nails accumulate under different types of harmful bacteria, especially when the person prepares his or her own food or drink. It does not reach the epidermis under the nail enough sterilization, not to mention the long nail damage to scratching the skin, face or eye.
Ruling on prolonging the nails of men and women in sharee’ah:
The majority of religious scholars have agreed that nails should be extended to both sexes, especially if they are not trimmed for more than forty days. The more the length of the period increased hatred, but some doctrines saw that the prolongation of nails (haram) Absolutely because of the harm to human health and some of the incident from the Prophet – peace be upon him – which forbade prolonging … A man came to the Prophet peace be upon him ask him On the news of heaven, he said: “One of you is asking about the news of the sky and its nails like bird’s nostrils where the janaabah and the expiation are gathered.” This indicates the prohibition of the Prophet and his refusal to prolong the nails.
It was narrated that Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to cut the mustache, the nail pen and the placenta of the armpit. , And shaving pubic, not to leave anything of that more than forty nights.
Time to trim nails in Sharia:
There is no specific time to trim the nails, but the Muslim scholars explained that it is not permissible for the period to exceed forty days, with the preference to trim them on a weekly basis every Friday with bathing, cleansing, relieving the mustache of the man, shaving the pubic and plucking the armpit, It should also be noted that the nail trim includes fingernails and both feet.