Is It Permissible to Wear Nail Polish or Press-On Nails During Menstruation?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Is it permissible to wear nail polish or press-on nails during menstruation, given that wudu and ghusl are not performed, considering the concern of dying while wearing them, and water not reaching the nails during the final ghusl?
Answer
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
It would be permissible to wear the above while menstruating. However, it is important to remember your valid point that in a situation where someone is destined to have died, the nail polish will have to be removed by those washing the deceased’s body.
Since nail polish prevents water from reaching the nails, it must be removed before performing wudu and ghusl for the deceased woman.
[Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]
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[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel has received a traditional education in various countries. He started his schooling in the UK and completed his hifz of the Quran in India. After that, he joined an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied secular and Aalimiyya sciences. Later, he traveled to Karachi, Pakistan, and other Middle Eastern countries to further his education. Mawlana has served as an Imam in the Republic of Ireland for several years and taught the Quran and other Islamic sciences to both children and adults. He also worked as a teacher and librarian at a local Islamic seminary in the UK for 12 years. Presently, he lives in the UK with his wife and is interested in books and gardening.
