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Nailpolish and Ablution
I
work in a company where I must apply nailpolish to my nails. Does
this polish invalidate the ablution and what can I do to make it
acceptable?
A. Islam
is the religion of cleanliness and purity. That is why every Muslim
is ordered to be very clean, in body, in apparel and in the place
of standing for prayer. Ablution is a means for cleaning the body
from the smaller impurities (hadath al-asghar). If a wife wants
to put on nailpolish to please her husband, after she ablution, the
ablution is valid. If however, a woman applies nailpolish in order
to appear attractive in front of others, (e.g. at work) that is not
accepted nor allowed. If she applied the nailpolish after ablution,
the nailpolish does not affect the ablution and she can pray as much
as she likes with that ablution. If she loses her ablution, by any
of the ways which nullify it and she needs to renew it, she must first
remove the nailpolish as it prevents the water from reaching the nails
invalidating the ablution. Some scholars accept a minority opinion,
that says since one applied nailpolish after ablution, one may renew
the ablution without removing the nailpolish. However the more correct
and conscientious way is to remove the nailpolish. |
