Why do Sikhs not cut their hair but cut their nails?

Unlike hair, which have a life cycle, nails never fall out, and continue to grow throughout all of our lives unless they break, or are cut. Sikhs only cut the dead gray part of their nails, not the alive pink/red part. read more

Sikhs only cut the dead gray part of their nails, not the alive pink/red part. This is similar to combing and removing dead hair while retaining live hair. From the scientific point of view, keeping hair is practical because hair has many functions. read more

Just as dead hair is removed with a comb, the dead part of nails, which grow beyond the finger, should be cut with a nail cutter. The nail cutter is as much an external instrument as the comb. It is only a different instrument for the purpose of eliminating the dead, harmful part from the body. read more

For Sikhs, hair is a part of their lifestyle, nails are not. Hair has a follicle and root, and grows to a certain length, falls out, has a resting period, and then a new hair grows. Every person has a specific hair length according to their body. read more