Why Biting Nails Does Not Your Break Fast in Islam
C.J Ahmed-19.05.2023
Biting your nails will not break your fast because there is no evidence in Islam stating so.
Islam actually encourages to cut the nails.
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
Allah's Messenger (sal) said, "To shave the pubic hair. to clip the nails and to cut the moustaches short, are characteristics of the Fitra." (Bukhari)
Abu Huraira reported:
Five are the acts of fitra: Khitan, removing the pubes, clipping the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking the hair under the armpits. (Muslim)
Even hading sex is halal while fasting. In a hadith,
“He (the Prophet (sal) would do Mubaasharah (having sexual relations) when he was fasting, and would place a cloth between him and her, meaning over the private part.”
(Reported by Ahmad and Ibn Khuzaymah in his Saheeh. Its Isnad is Good (Jayyid).
In another hadith,
“He (the Prophet (sal)) used to kiss when fasting, touch when
fasting, and was the most in control of his desires”
(Reported by al-Bukhari, Muslim, and others)
According to Islam, sexual intercourse is the entering of the two private parts. If anything happens other than this, is not a sin that falls under had punishment. There is very clear evidence from authentic hadiths to prove this which I wouldn’t like to go in detail in this particular article.
The above hadiths prove clearly that engaging in anything other than sexual intercourse even if you ejaculate semen or other female secretion would not invalidate the fast and there is no kaffara for this. This view is further strengthened with the below narration of Aisha (rali) in response to someone who asked her:
“What is Halaal (permissible) for a man to do with his wife when he is fasting?”
She said, “Everything except intercourse.”
This was reported by ‘Abdir-Razzaaq in his Musannaf (4 / 190 / 8439) with a Saheeh (authentic)
chain of narrators, as al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr mentioned in al-Fath. This narration was also used as a proof by Ibn Hazm regarding this issue. (From the Silsilah).
‘Aisha herself, reported by at-Tahaawee with a Saheeh Isnad that Hakeem bin ‘Iqaal said:
“I asked ‘Aisha, “What is prohibited for me from my wife while I am fasting?” She said, “Her
private part.”
Some try to interpret the word “Mubaasharaah” as kissing but, this is wrong as the prophet(sal) used to kiss when fasting, touch when fasting, and was the most in control of his desires
Reported by al-Bukhari, Muslim, and others.
The real meaning for "Mubaasharah" is having sexual relations.
So, you can do anything except doing intercourse (entering of the private parts) and it won’t break the fast.
Islam actually encourages to cut the nails.
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
Allah's Messenger (sal) said, "To shave the pubic hair. to clip the nails and to cut the moustaches short, are characteristics of the Fitra." (Bukhari)
Abu Huraira reported:
Five are the acts of fitra: Khitan, removing the pubes, clipping the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking the hair under the armpits. (Muslim)
Biting the nails will not break your fast.
Biting your nails will not break your fast because there is no evidence in Islam stating so.
Islam actually encourages to cut the nails.
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
Allah's Messenger (sal) said, "To shave the pubic hair. to clip the nails and to cut the moustaches short, are characteristics of the Fitra." (Bukhari)
Abu Huraira reported:
Five are the acts of fitra: Khitan, removing the pubes, clipping the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking the hair under the armpits. (Muslim)
Even hading sex is halal while fasting. In a hadith,
“He (the Prophet (sal) would do Mubaasharah (having sexual relations) when he was fasting, and would place a cloth between him and her, meaning over the private part.”
(Reported by Ahmad and Ibn Khuzaymah in his Saheeh. Its Isnad is Good (Jayyid).
In another hadith,
“He (the Prophet (sal)) used to kiss when fasting, touch when
fasting, and was the most in control of his desires”
(Reported by al-Bukhari, Muslim, and others)
According to Islam, sexual intercourse is the entering of the two private parts. If anything happens other than this, is not a sin that falls under had punishment. There is very clear evidence from authentic hadiths to prove this which I wouldn’t like to go in detail in this particular article.
The above hadiths prove clearly that engaging in anything other than sexual intercourse even if you ejaculate semen or other female secretion would not invalidate the fast and there is no kaffara for this. This view is further strengthened with the below narration of Aisha (rali) in response to someone who asked her:
“What is Halaal (permissible) for a man to do with his wife when he is fasting?”
She said, “Everything except intercourse.”
This was reported by ‘Abdir-Razzaaq in his Musannaf (4 / 190 / 8439) with a Saheeh (authentic)
chain of narrators, as al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr mentioned in al-Fath. This narration was also used as a proof by Ibn Hazm regarding this issue. (From the Silsilah).
‘Aisha herself, reported by at-Tahaawee with a Saheeh Isnad that Hakeem bin ‘Iqaal said:
“I asked ‘Aisha, “What is prohibited for me from my wife while I am fasting?” She said, “Her
private part.”
Some try to interpret the word “Mubaasharaah” as kissing but, this is wrong as the prophet(sal) used to kiss when fasting, touch when fasting, and was the most in control of his desires
Reported by al-Bukhari, Muslim, and others.
The real meaning for "Mubaasharah" is having sexual relations.
So, you can do anything except doing intercourse (entering of the private parts) and it won’t break the fast.
Islam actually encourages to cut the nails.
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
Allah's Messenger (sal) said, "To shave the pubic hair. to clip the nails and to cut the moustaches short, are characteristics of the Fitra." (Bukhari)
Abu Huraira reported:
Five are the acts of fitra: Khitan, removing the pubes, clipping the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking the hair under the armpits. (Muslim)
Biting the nails will not break your fast.