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Remember! It is necessary to cut the nails and remove hair of the armpits as well as pubic hair within 40 days. To delay in cutting the nails and hair for more than 40 days is a sin. Hence, A’lā Ḥaḍrat, Imām-e-Aĥl-e-Sunnat, the scholar of Sharī’aĥ, Maulānā Shāĥ Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ الـرَّحْمٰن has stated, ‘This commandment (of not cutting the nails etc., during the first 10 days of Żul-Ḥijjaĥ) is only Mustaḥab (preferable), that is to say, it is better if performed, if it is not performed, there is no harm in it. It cannot even be called as the act of disobedience nor does it cause any defect in the Qurbānī.
In fact, if a person has not cut his nails for 31 days due to some reason or even without any reason and the month of Żul-Ḥijjaĥ has begun, he can no longer act upon this preferable deed, though he has intended to perform the Qurbānī. If he waits for another 10 days, then 41 days will pass with his nails untrimmed and it is a sin to leave the nails untrimmed for more than 40 days. One cannot commit a sin in order to perform a Mustaḥab (preferable) act.’ (Derived from: Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ, vol. 20, pp. 353-354)
Qurbānī is Wājib for every sane adult Muslim, Muqīm (resident), male and female owner of Niṣāb. (‘Ālamgīrī, vol. 5, pp. 292) An owner of Niṣāb is the one who possesses 52.5 Tolas[1] of silver or
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