Nailpolish and salat

[FairysAngel]

Re: Nailpolish and salat

@desigirl786

Hi everyone

I am veryyyy confused about being able to wear nailpolish on a daily basis. I like the way my nails look when their painted. i am not trying to please anyone or attract attention to myself. I do it for myself noone else. Is there an authentic hadith or a verse from the Quran that directly states its forbidden to wear during wudu or during salat?

Thank you

My understanding, can we survive without using nailpolish? Simple answer “Yes” hell ya! who needs nailpolishing while our nails will twinkle on the day of Judgement because we poured ‘wudu’ water instead of using nailpolish. I am not saying that use of nailpolish is prohibited or haram. If someone wants to use she may do so.

@Sa1eem

Nail polish was not available at time of prophet (SAW) so no one can say with certainty what would be right thing to do. But then, Allah is not as fussy as ‘self-appointed guardians of Islam’ and sees a person’s intention more than action. From my understanding of Islam, if due to any reason one cannot reach a part of body during wadu one is excused.

I am not encouraging that girls should put nail polish as routine, as personally I do not like it … but then:

Just imagine a painter decorator whose hands are messed up with thick oily metallic paints that could not come off easily and are water-proof too. What such person would do at time of salaat if that person needs wadu? Obviously, his hands could not get cleaned within time and that means he has to perform wadu with paints covering a lot of area he should wash. Does it mean he could not do wadu and thus could not pray? Obviously not, he should do wadu as best as he could possibly do, that is all required (as far as I believe).

As for prophet (SAW) time, even though it is not mentioned as probably people took it for ‘granted’, I am sure that during war (Jihad) if hands of a ‘mujahid’ ever got covered with own or opponent’s blood that got clotted, and it is not easy to remove them off with water available in short supply, ‘mujahid’ must be doing wadu without hands/face 100 percent clean of stuck clotted blood (even though blood is na-paak). [As far as I know, clotted blood is water proof].

Note: If a person cuts his finger and got clotted blood over the cut or has applied plaster, that does not mean the person could not do wadu as he could not wash the part of finger under plaster or clotted blood. Only thing a person should do is do his best, and that is all.

I wonder was thicky oily metallic paints were available at the time of Prophet hmmmm ‘No’, and any Islamic narration from history which narrated that any Sahabi in war (jihad) was offering namaaz while enemies were busy in killing them. Perhaps all wars wew held before of after namaaz. Will you mind to keep your imagination to yourself as it doesn’t make any sense.

Nowadays there are many liquids which can be used to remove/clean spot of paints and after using such liquids you may further clean your hands with a piece of cloth or water. That can be found in shape (size) of toothpaste easily to keep with you.