Question:
What is the maximum period for trimming the nails?
Answer:
It is necessary to trim the nails within forty days at most.
❀ Sayyidna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates:
وقت لنا فى قص الشارب، وتقليم الأظفار، ونتف الإبط، وحلق العانة، أن لا نترك أكثر من أربعين ليلة.
“The Prophet ﷺ set the final limit for trimming the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking the armpit hair and shaving the pubic hair at forty days, so that this delay should not exceed it.”
Concerning Sayyidna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both):
كان يقلم أظفاره ويقص شاربه فى كل جمعة.
“He (may Allah be pleased with him) would trim his nails and cut his moustache every Friday.”
❀ In Fatawa Alamgiri it is written:
الأفضل أن يقلم أظفاره ويحفي شاربه ويحلق عانته وينظف بدنه بالاغتسال فى كل أسبوع مرة فإن لم يفعل ففي كل خمسة عشر يوما ولا يعذر فى تركه وراء الأربعين ولا عذر فيما وراء الأربعين ويستحق الوعيد.
“It is preferable to trim the nails, cut the moustache, shave the pubic hair and bathe once a week. If one is unable to do so, then after fifteen days. Even if one does not do this for forty days, the excuse is not accepted; rather, one deserves the warning.”
