(a) Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said concerning the saying of Allah, "And when his Lord tested Ibrahim with certain words" [Surah al-Baqarah: 124]: Allah Almighty tested him with (matters of) purification: five relate to the head and five to the body. Those of the head are: trimming the moustache, rinsing the mouth, sniffing water into the nose, using the tooth-stick (miswak), and parting the hair. Those of the body are: clipping the nails, shaving the pubic hair, circumcision, plucking the armpit hair, and washing the places of defecation and urination with water.
(b) Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Ten things are part of the fitrah (natural disposition)," then he mentioned them, and he also mentioned letting the beard grow and washing the finger joints, but did not mention circumcision and parting the hair.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 685
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The fitrah is five things, or five things are part of the fitrah (he said one of the two): circumcision, using a razor (shaving the pubic hair), plucking the armpit hair, trimming the moustache and clipping the nails."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 686
Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Trimming the moustache, plucking the armpit hair and clipping the nails are Sunnah."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 687
Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let the beard grow and trim the moustache."
It is narrated from Nafi': "Oppose the polytheists."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 688
(a) Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Oppose the polytheists, let the beard grow and trim the moustache."
(b) Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Oppose the Magians."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 689
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Trim the moustaches, let the beards grow, and oppose the Magians."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 690
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A time limit was set for us for trimming the moustache, clipping the nails, plucking the armpit hair and shaving the pubic hair, that we "should not leave them for more than forty days."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 691
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) "set a time limit of forty days for us for shaving the pubic hair, trimming the moustache, clipping the nails and plucking the armpit hair."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 692
(a) It is narrated from Abu Mijlaz (may Allah have mercy on him): I saw Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) clip his nails, and I said: "Will you not perform ablution?" He said: "For what should I perform ablution? Do you think yourself cleverer because your family has named you clever?"
(b) It is narrated from al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said about a man who clips his nails after ablution: It is (a means of) purification for him.
(c) Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "There is no ablution for it," and Ata' (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "He should touch it with water." The same is narrated from Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him). Al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "If he wishes he may wipe over it with water, and if he wishes he may leave it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 693
Al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning a person who clips his nails, trims his moustache or cuts his hair: If he wishes he may wipe over it with water, and if he wishes he may leave it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 694