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موطا امام مالك رواية ابن القاسم
Muwatta Malik (Qasim)
Issues of Purification
Description of Natural Dispositions
Hadith 28
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419- وعن سعيد المقبري عن أبيه عن أبى هريرة قال: خمس من الفطرة: تقليم الأظفار، وقص الشارب، ونتف الإبط، وحلق العانة، والاختتان.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that five things are from the natural disposition: trimming the nails, shortening the moustache, plucking the hair of the armpits, shaving the pubic hair, and circumcision.
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Hadith Authentication:
[وأخرجه البخاري فى الادب المفرد 1294، من حديث مالك به وللحديث لون آخر عند النسائي 8/128 ح5047، ورواه البخاري 5859، ومسلم 257، من حديث سعيد بن المسيب عن ابي هريرة به مرفوعًا والحديثان صحيحان والحمدلله]
Jurisprudential Explanation:
➊ The five matters mentioned in this hadith are from the natural religion (din al-fitrah). Whether it is trimming the nails or cutting the moustache, etc., the maximum limit for these is forty days. It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik radi Allahu anhu that we were prescribed not to leave trimming the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking the armpit hair, and shaving the pubic hair for more than forty nights. [صحيح مسلم : 258، دارالسلام : 599]
➋ In a narration from Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa radi Allahu anha, leaving the beard, using the siwak (tooth-stick), putting water in the nose, washing the joints of the fingers, and performing istinja (cleansing after relieving oneself) are also included in the fitrah. [ديكهئے صحيح مسلم : 261، دارالسلام : 604 و سنده حسن]
➌ Although the above hadith is mawquf (stopped at the Companion) in the manuscripts of al-Muwatta’, Hafiz Ibn Abd al-Barr has narrated it with a sahih (authentic) chain from Imam Malik as marfu‘ (attributed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). [التمهيد 21/56] Also see [صحيح بخاري 5891، وصحيح مسلم 257]
➍ Trimming or cutting the moustache is better, and the most virtuous is to trim the moustache so much that the skin becomes visible. See [صحيح بخاري قبل ح5888 تعليقاً، الاثرم نحو المعنيٰ بحواله تغليق التعليق 5/72، وسنده حسن]
◄ Ubaydullah bin Umar bin Maysarah al-Qawariyri rahimahullah said: One day Sufyan bin ‘Uyaynah came to us and he had shaved his moustache with a razor. [التاريخ الكبير لابن ابي خيثمه ص378، 379 ح387، وسنده صحيح] It is thus clear that the statement of some scholars that shaving the moustache is mutilation (muthlah), etc., is not correct.
[وأخرجه البخاري فى الادب المفرد 1294، من حديث مالك به وللحديث لون آخر عند النسائي 8/128 ح5047، ورواه البخاري 5859، ومسلم 257، من حديث سعيد بن المسيب عن ابي هريرة به مرفوعًا والحديثان صحيحان والحمدلله]
Jurisprudential Explanation:
➊ The five matters mentioned in this hadith are from the natural religion (din al-fitrah). Whether it is trimming the nails or cutting the moustache, etc., the maximum limit for these is forty days. It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik radi Allahu anhu that we were prescribed not to leave trimming the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking the armpit hair, and shaving the pubic hair for more than forty nights. [صحيح مسلم : 258، دارالسلام : 599]
➋ In a narration from Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa radi Allahu anha, leaving the beard, using the siwak (tooth-stick), putting water in the nose, washing the joints of the fingers, and performing istinja (cleansing after relieving oneself) are also included in the fitrah. [ديكهئے صحيح مسلم : 261، دارالسلام : 604 و سنده حسن]
➌ Although the above hadith is mawquf (stopped at the Companion) in the manuscripts of al-Muwatta’, Hafiz Ibn Abd al-Barr has narrated it with a sahih (authentic) chain from Imam Malik as marfu‘ (attributed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam). [التمهيد 21/56] Also see [صحيح بخاري 5891، وصحيح مسلم 257]
➍ Trimming or cutting the moustache is better, and the most virtuous is to trim the moustache so much that the skin becomes visible. See [صحيح بخاري قبل ح5888 تعليقاً، الاثرم نحو المعنيٰ بحواله تغليق التعليق 5/72، وسنده حسن]
◄ Ubaydullah bin Umar bin Maysarah al-Qawariyri rahimahullah said: One day Sufyan bin ‘Uyaynah came to us and he had shaved his moustache with a razor. [التاريخ الكبير لابن ابي خيثمه ص378، 379 ح387، وسنده صحيح] It is thus clear that the statement of some scholars that shaving the moustache is mutilation (muthlah), etc., is not correct.
Source: Muwatta Imam Malik (Narration of Ibn al-Qasim): Commentary by Zubair Ali Zai, Page: 419
