hair cut or nails pared till he has offered his sacrifice

 

عن ام سلمة رضی الله عنها قالت : قال رسول الله ﷺ ‘‘مَنْ کَانَ لَهُ ذِبْحٌ يَذْبَحُهُ فَاِذَا اُهِلَّ هِلالُ ذِی الْحِجَّةِ فَلا يَاْخُذَنَّ مِنْ شَعْرِه وَلامِنْ اَظْفَارِه شَيْئاً حَتَّی يُضَحِّیَ’’(رواه مسلم)

Translation:

Umm-e-Salamah said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When anyone of you intends to sacrifice the animal and enter in the month of Dhul-Hijjah, he should not get his hair cut or nails pared till he has offered his sacrifice” Muslim

 

Commentary:

 One who intends to sacrifice animal on Eid-al-Adha should abstain from paring nails, having hair cut and shaving the armpits and the private parts so that his sacrifice is in accordance with the Sunnah.

 

Some Ahadith tell us that if a person who does not sacrifice an animal on Eid-al-Adha but pares his nails and has his hair cut on the tenth Dhul-Hijjah will be given by Allah the reward of sacrifice.