Comments on: Saudi Arabia, Islam and Nail Polish

By: rita

rita — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:05:24 +0000

Another prove
Wudu’ (Ablution)

Allah revealed: ِنيَبْعَكْلا ْمُكَيِدْيَأَو ِقِفاَرَمْلا ىَلِإ ْاوُحَسْماَو ْمُكِسوُؤُرِب ْمُكَلُجْرَأَوىَلِإ اَهُّيَأ اَي ْاوُنَماء َنيِذَّلا ْمُتْمُق اَذِإ ِةالَّصلا ىَلِإ ْاوُلِسْغافْمُكَهوُجُو

لاق:ىلاعت هللا

This verse from the Qur’an means: “0 you who believe, if you stand up for prayer, wash your face and arms up to [and including] the elbows and wet wipe [part of] your head and wash your feet up to [and including] the ankles.” (al-Ma’idah, 6)

By: rita

rita — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:55:47 +0000

I wudhu n pray with my gelish nails. Reasons why I put on gelish nails because my nails r weak n when it tears, its hurting me or cuts thru my flesh. So the gelish is something that I use to protect my fingers. N help my nails to be stronger n useful. Same goes to my contact lenses, it helps me to see n its on my eyeball which is a part on my face but is not a skin. N when I put on my glasses I will remove it upon taking my wuduh,as the glasses is covering the skin on my face.

By: rita

rita — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:36:19 +0000

Praise be to Allaah.

One of the conditions of tahaarah (purification) being valid is that the water must touch the skin. If there is any barrier such as grease, paint, wax or glue that prevents water reaching the skin, then the tahaarah is not valid and prayers offered in that case are not valid.

The evidence for that is the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) to Abu Dharr (may Allaah be pleased with him): “If you find water, then let it touch your skin, for that is good.” Narrated by Abu Dawood (332); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood
It stated here clearly the skin!! The nails is not a skin. Same goes to the face the eye ball is not a skin either. The water needs to touch the SKIN! Coz some sis here mention washing the hands that’s include the nails, which means if washing the face that includes the eye ball?? How bout contact lenses then?

If there is on him any mastic or anything thick that will prevent the water from reaching the skin, his washing of that part for wudoo’ is not valid, unless he removes it or removes enough so that he knows that there is no barrier to the water touching the skin. End quote.

By: American Bedu

American Bedu — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:48:52 +0000

I’ve said it so many times…Saudi is contrasts and contradictions, many which may not make sense.

By: Coolred38

Coolred38 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:14:26 +0000

And you have to ask yourself….is god more concerned with the fact that you went through the prescribed ritual priot to prayer…or that the water actually touched every single spot in those designated areas? I find that Muslims expect god to be entirely focused on the little details such as this…while excusing the bigger ones…like a muslim man marrying more than one wife “just because he wants too and can” and not because he is concerned with taking care of divorcees or “spinsters” so to speak. So…make excuses for one and finger point at the other…yet which one causes the more harm over all?

By: GreenKitty

GreenKitty — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:08:30 +0000

I forgot to add that nail polish formulations these days are usually big-3 or big-4 free, which means that they are free from Formaldehyde, Toulene and Phthalates (sp?) which are the ingredients that are considered harmful and used to be in all nail polishes in the past. Brands like Orly, Nubar, Zoya and recent OPI & Essie colours are all free from these harmful chemicals.

Also your nails do not breathe! The are a hard keratin structure, just like your hair, which does not breathe either. This is a proven scientific fact.

Thus, for the large part, the argument about nail polish being bad for your health is redundant.

By: GreenKitty

GreenKitty — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:59:45 +0000

This has become a strong point of contention amongst Muslims. It’s also odd how some people come forth declaring nail polish as forbidden, but they never post any textual proof to back themselves up, usually, they just say ‘it’s fact’. Well it’s not fact since nail polish didn’t exist in the Prophet Mohammed’s time and there is no clear ruling against it. If you are trying to legislate something as haraam then the onus is on you to bring proof forth. What is the proof? I have not seen a single Ayah from the Qur’an or a strong sahih Hadith to prove that nail polish is haraam or that you can’t do ablutions with it on.

People say that water doesn’t touch the nail with nail polish on, well what about the edges of the nail and the undersides? Where does it say that water has to touch every single millimetre of nail on hands and feet in order for wudhu to be valid? It doesn’t make any sense! It’s just more noise than anything, the sort of noise that is always directed at Muslim women by control freaks, who get their panties in a wad over things like makeup and nail polish. And the people who keep mentioning henna…yes henna patterns are beautiful but when nails are stained with henna…you can’t compare that orange brown stain (which I find hideous looking) to the beauty of nail polish…so not the same!

By: StrangeOne

StrangeOne — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:02:10 +0000

Interesting topic from 2008! I rarely wear nail polish myself because I do not like the feel of it on my nails. I feel like my nails can’t breathe when I wear it. However, I am surprised that some consider it unclean in terms of preparing for prayer (although I should be clear here that I’m not Muslim, either). I would think the length of the nails would be more, or at least just as much, of a concern as nail polish. Although, I don’t care for long nails either- they tend to get in the way and trap bacteria. To each their own, though!

By: selma

selma — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:51:46 +0000

A lot of rules layed out in Islam were made to be logical. Everyone has their own interpretations. The first comment I read was negative, but I think as a health enthusiast this rule in Islam is indeed positive because your nails absorb nutrients to stay healthy and strong. Nail polish is a harmful chemical based paint. Even if you do wear nail polish, you should give your finger and toe nails a break so they can remain healthy. I have never heard of it unlawful for aesthetic reasons, but different cultures have their own ideas of modesty and there is no problem with that, whether you’re a bikini or burkah type of girl.

By: zainudheen

zainudheen — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:07:54 +0000

if i touch with my mother in law then ablution will invalid?