صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب اللباسThe Book of Dress
بَابُ قَصِّ الشَّارِبِ:Chapter. To cut short the moustaches.
Hadith 5889
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ : ، حَدَّثَنَا عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، رِوَايَةً " الْفِطْرَةُ خَمْسٌ أَوْ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الْفِطْرَةِ الْخِتَانُ وَالِاسْتِحْدَادُ وَنَتْفُ الْإِبْطِ وَتَقْلِيمُ الْأَظْفَارِ وَقَصُّ الشَّارِبِ " .
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Five practices are characteristics of the Fitra: circumcision, shaving the pubic region, clipping the nails and cutting the moustaches short."
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Imran Ayyub Lahori
Hadith Authentication (Takhrij al-Hadith):
[145۔ البخاري فى : 77 كتاب اللباس : 63 باب قص الشارب 5889، مسلم 257، ترمذي 2756]
Linguistic Explanation:
«الْفِطْرَة» Sunnah, religion, or natural matters that pertain to every human being, or those actions which are the Sunnah of all the Prophets, etc.
«الْخِتَان» Circumcision (khitan), meaning to cut all the skin that covers the tip of the male child's genital organ, and for the girl, to cut a part from the upper area of the private part.
«الْاِسْتِحْدَاد» The use of a razor for shaving the hair below the navel (pubic hair).
«نَتْفُ الْاِبِط» Plucking the hair of the armpits.
«تَقْلِيْمُ الْاَظْفَار» Cutting the nails.
«قَصُّ الشَّارِب» Trimming the moustache.
[145۔ البخاري فى : 77 كتاب اللباس : 63 باب قص الشارب 5889، مسلم 257، ترمذي 2756]
Linguistic Explanation:
«الْفِطْرَة» Sunnah, religion, or natural matters that pertain to every human being, or those actions which are the Sunnah of all the Prophets, etc.
«الْخِتَان» Circumcision (khitan), meaning to cut all the skin that covers the tip of the male child's genital organ, and for the girl, to cut a part from the upper area of the private part.
«الْاِسْتِحْدَاد» The use of a razor for shaving the hair below the navel (pubic hair).
«نَتْفُ الْاِبِط» Plucking the hair of the armpits.
«تَقْلِيْمُ الْاَظْفَار» Cutting the nails.
«قَصُّ الشَّارِب» Trimming the moustache.
Source: Jawahir al-Iman: Commentary on al-Lu'lu wal-Marjan, Page: 145
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
To trim the moustache so much that the edges of the lips become visible—this alone is the Sunnah, and the Ahl al-Hadith have adopted this practice. The other characteristics of fitrah (natural disposition) are also the same; each one has numerous benefits, the details of which would require volumes to enumerate.
To trim the moustache so much that the edges of the lips become visible—this alone is the Sunnah, and the Ahl al-Hadith have adopted this practice. The other characteristics of fitrah (natural disposition) are also the same; each one has numerous benefits, the details of which would require volumes to enumerate.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 5889
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
By "acts of fitrah" are meant those deeds whose performance is so important that it is as if they are innate, and also those practices which all the Prophets (alayhimussalam) adopted, whom we have been commanded to follow. These acts are Islamic symbols (sha‘a’ir) whose observance is necessary.
In some ahadith, their number is stated as ten, which are as follows:
Trimming the moustache, letting the beard grow, using the siwak (tooth-stick), putting water in the nose, cutting the nails, washing the joints, plucking the armpit hair, cleaning below the navel (pubic hair), performing istinja (cleansing after relieving oneself), and rinsing the mouth.
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Taharah, Hadith: 604 (261))
No more than forty days should pass in the performance of these acts of fitrah.
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Taharah, Hadith: 599 (258))
(2)
The part of the moustache hair that is above the lips is called "shawarib," and the sides are called "isbal." These should be trimmed to such an extent that the edges of the lips become visible.
Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah has narrated from Ibn al-‘Arabi the wisdom behind trimming the moustache hair: if the hair is long, then the sticky fluid that flows from the nose spoils them to such an extent that they cannot be cleaned even by washing.
This mars a person's natural beauty and is also contrary to his dignity and respect.
Therefore, the Shari‘ah has commanded that they be trimmed.
(Fath al-Bari: 10/427)
(1)
By "acts of fitrah" are meant those deeds whose performance is so important that it is as if they are innate, and also those practices which all the Prophets (alayhimussalam) adopted, whom we have been commanded to follow. These acts are Islamic symbols (sha‘a’ir) whose observance is necessary.
In some ahadith, their number is stated as ten, which are as follows:
Trimming the moustache, letting the beard grow, using the siwak (tooth-stick), putting water in the nose, cutting the nails, washing the joints, plucking the armpit hair, cleaning below the navel (pubic hair), performing istinja (cleansing after relieving oneself), and rinsing the mouth.
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Taharah, Hadith: 604 (261))
No more than forty days should pass in the performance of these acts of fitrah.
(Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Taharah, Hadith: 599 (258))
(2)
The part of the moustache hair that is above the lips is called "shawarib," and the sides are called "isbal." These should be trimmed to such an extent that the edges of the lips become visible.
Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah has narrated from Ibn al-‘Arabi the wisdom behind trimming the moustache hair: if the hair is long, then the sticky fluid that flows from the nose spoils them to such an extent that they cannot be cleaned even by washing.
This mars a person's natural beauty and is also contrary to his dignity and respect.
Therefore, the Shari‘ah has commanded that they be trimmed.
(Fath al-Bari: 10/427)
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 5889
