29/06/2022
The hadeeth of Umm-e-Salmah "RZ" according to which the Prophet ﷺ said: “When you see the new moon of Zul-Hijjah – according to another version, When the ten days (of Zul-Hijjah) begin – and anyone of you wants to offer a sacrifice, let him refrain (from cutting) his hair and nails.” Narrated by Ahmad and Muslim. According to another version, “Let him not remove anything from his hair and nails until he has offered the sacrifice. ”And according to yet another version, “ He should not touch his hair or skin.”
If he forms the intention to offer the sacrifice during the first ten days of Zul-Hijjah, then he should refrain from that from the moment he forms that intention, and there is no sin on him for anything he may have done before forming the intention.
The reason for this prohibition is that when the person who wants to offer the sacrifice joins the pilgrims in some of the rituals of Hajj – namely drawing closer to Allah by slaughtering the sacrifice – he also joins him in some of the features of *IHRAAM*, namely refraining from cutting his hair etc..
