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Title: Is it necessary/compulsory to get our nails and pubic hair trimmed every 40 days? i know it is sunnat to do so, but is it really necessary?

Question: Is it necessary/compulsory to get our nails and pubic hair trimmed every 40 days? i know it is sunnat to do so, but is it really necessary?

Answer ID: 22991Posted on: Aug 30, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 1211/920/H=1431)

It is necessary on forty days, but sunnah is to get cleanliness by shaving the pubic and armpit hair and cutting nails each week specially on Friday. The details are mentioned in the book Fatawa Shami under the chapter hazar wa ibaha.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,

Darul Uloom Deoband, India

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Title: Is it necessary/compulsory to get our nails and pubic hair trimmed every 40 days? i know it is sunnat to do so, but is it really necessary?

Question: Is it necessary/compulsory to get our nails and pubic hair trimmed every 40 days? i know it is sunnat to do so, but is it really necessary?

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