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Can You Cut Hair or Nails If You Are Offering Sacrifice?
If you want to offer a sacrifice and the month of Dhul Hijjah has begun, then it is haram for you to remove anything of your hair or nails or skin until you have slaughtered the sacrifice. It is permissible for your family to remove things from their hair, nails and skin during the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah.304,706Udhiyah – What should be eaten and what should be given away?
28,972Speaking the intention out loud when slaughtering the sacrifice
16,483Should he offer a sacrifice (udhiya/qurbaani) or give the price of the sacrifice to his poor sick relative so that he can get treatment?
53,989If they have shares in a sacrifice, is it essential for each one to eat some of his sacrifice?
23,206When Can You Cut Nails in Dhul Hijjah?
If the onset of Dhul Hijjah has been proven and a person wants to offer a sacrifice, it is haram for him to remove anything from the hair on his body or to cut his nails or any part of his skin.198,937Should Pilgrims Offer Udhiyah?
Some scholars view that udhiyah is prescribed for pilgrims– whether they regard it as recommended or obligatory. Other scholars maintain that udhiyah is not prescribed for pilgrims.30,944Intending to Offer Udhiyah but Had My Hair Cut after Dhul Hijjah Began: What to Do?
Whoever removes something from his hair, nails or skin during the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah out of forgetfulness or ignorance of the ruling, when he has resolved to offer a sacrifice, does not have to do anything.35,762The sacrifice was injured before it was slaughtered.
15,893It is essential that the sacrificial animal be slaughtered by a Muslim with the intention of offering a sacrifice (udhiyah)
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