´It was narrated from 'Aishah that:` The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Ten things are part of the Fitrah: Trimming the mustache, trimming the nails, washing the joints, letting the beard grow, using the Siwak, rinsing the nose, plucking the armpit hairs, shaving the pubes, and washing with water (after relieving oneself)." Mus'ab bin Shaibah said: "I have forgotten the tenth, unless it was rinsing the mouth."
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
Urdu Footnote:
➊ This hadith indicates that the natural practices (umūr fitrah) are not limited to only ten things; rather, these ten are just some of the natural practices. This is because the wording of the hadith is: “Ten are from the fitrah,” and the word “min” is for partiality, meaning that some of the natural practices are these, not that all natural practices are encompassed here. In some narrations, instead of ten, five things are mentioned as natural practices; even there, the intent is not to encompass or restrict. And Allah knows best.
➋ The meaning of these ten things being from the fitrah is that human nature itself demands these matters. The meaning of fitrah has also been taken as sunnah, because the religion of Islam is exactly in accordance with human nature. All the Prophets, alayhimus-salam, practiced these things. The details of most of these matters have already been explained in the Book of Purification (Kitab al-Taharah). (See, Hadith: 3 to 15)
➌ Barāhim is the plural of barjuma. By this is meant all those places where dirt accumulates and, if not attended to, water does not reach there, for example: the joints and tips of the fingers, other joints of the body, and the lines of the palm, etc.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 5043