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Should I not cut my hair and nails before qurbaani?

Q: Should I not cut my hair and nails before qurbaani?

Jamiatul Ulama KZN: “The preferred view is that it is mustaḥab (recommended) to avoid cutting hair and nails from 1st Dhū al-Ḥijjah until the Qurbānī is sacrificed.” Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah (AskImam): “It is desirable for anyone who will be sacrificing an animal for qurbani to avoid cutting their hair or nails until after the animal is slaughtered. Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said:” Mufti Online — Madrasah Ta'leemuddeen: “It is Mustahab to abstain from clipping the nails and trimming the hair during the first ten days of Zul Hijjah for the person who intends to make Qurbaani. This is the preferred opinion in the Hanafi Mazhab.” Based on the fatawa linked below. Please read the sources and double-check with a Darul Ifta for your situation.

24 fatawa in the archive answer questions on this, from 3 South African Darul Iftas (Mufti Online, AskImam, Jamiat KZN). Below, each Darul Ifta’s answer is quoted word for word from the opening of one of its fatawa.

Based on the fatawa linked below. Please read the sources and double-check with a Darul Ifta for your situation.

Consult a mufti for your situation. Fatawa SA is a read-only archive and issues no rulings of its own.

What the Darul Iftas say

“The preferred view is that it is mustaḥab (recommended) to avoid cutting hair and nails from 1st Dhū al-Ḥijjah until the Qurbānī is sacrificed.”

Jamiat KZN — Qurbani and cutting hair and nails · 10 May 2026

“It is desirable for anyone who will be sacrificing an animal for qurbani to avoid cutting their hair or nails until after the animal is slaughtered. Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said:”

AskImam — I cut my hair 5 days before Eid-ul-Adha. Was my qurbani still accepted? · 25 May 2025

“It is Mustahab to abstain from clipping the nails and trimming the hair during the first ten days of Zul Hijjah for the person who intends to make Qurbaani. This is the preferred opinion in the Hanafi Mazhab.”

Mufti Online — Abstaining from clipping the nails and trimming the hair during the first ten days of Zul Hijjah · 16 Sep 2017

Quotes are the opening words of each answer as published; the full answer, its conditions and references are on the fatwa page. Answers depend on the exact details of each question.

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Qurbani and cutting hair and nails Jamiat KZN · 10 May 2026
I cut my hair 5 days before Eid-ul-Adha. Was my qurbani still accepted? AskImam · 25 May 2025
Haaji cutting his hair and nails before Zul Hijjah commences Mufti Online · 30 May 2025
Cutting Hair/Nails affect Qurbani? Jamiat KZN · 8 Jul 2021
Cutting hair and nails during the days of Dhul Hijjah AskImam · 22 Jun 2023
Cutting one's nails and hair after one's qurbaani animal is slaughtered in another country Mufti Online · 26 Jul 2021
What is the ruling of not cutting the hair or clipping the nails for the non haji during the first ten days of zul hijjah? AskImam · 6 Jun 2023
Removal of hair for one performing hajj and qurbaani Mufti Online · 15 Feb 2020
Can I shave or cut my nails? Is it Wajib to cut them after Qurbani? AskImam · 9 Jul 2021
Cutting hair and nails during the first ten days of Zul Hijjah Mufti Online · 26 Sep 2018
Ghair matlooba qurbani? AskImam · 3 Nov 2013
Removing facial hair during the first ten days of Zul Hijjah Mufti Online · 26 Sep 2018
What is the ruling regarding cutting of nails and hair after seeing the moon of Dhul Hijjah? AskImam · 27 Oct 2012
Abstaining from clipping the nails and trimming the hair during the first ten days of Zul Hijjah Mufti Online · 16 Sep 2017
Who has to do Qurbaani and who has to refrain from cutting the hair and nails in the 10 days of Zil-Hijjah? AskImam · 7 Dec 2010

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