«وروى مسلم من حديث عائشة قالت: قال رسول الله صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم: ((عشر من الفطرة قص الشارب وإعفاء اللحية والسواك واستنشاق الماء وغسل البراجم وتقليم الأطفار، ونتف الإبط وحلق العانة وانتقاص الماء)) قال زكريا: قال مصعب: ونسيت العاشرة إلا أن تكون المضمضة وزاد فيه وكيع: انتقاص الماء يعني الإستنجاء» ¤
Muslim narrated from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Ten things are part of fitrah: trimming the moustache, letting the beard grow, using the miswak, inhaling water into the nose, washing the finger joints, trimming the nails, plucking the underarm hair, shaving the pubic hair, and reducing the use of water.” Zakariya said: Mus’ab said: “I forgot the tenth, unless it is rinsing the mouth.” Waki’ added: “Reducing the use of water,” meaning istinja’. ¤
Verification and Takhrij: Muslim: 261. ¤
«وعن أنس رضى الله عنه قال: وقت لنا فى قص الشارب، وتقليم الأطفار ونتف الإبط، وحلق العانة أن لا تتوك أكثر من أربعين ليلة)) » [أخرجه مسلم] ¤
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A time was set for us for trimming the moustache, trimming the nails, plucking the underarm hair and shaving the pubic hair, that we should not leave them for more than forty nights. [Muslim] ¤
Verification and Takhrij: Muslim: 258. ¤
«وعن ابن عمر ((أن النبى صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نهى عن الفزع)) قال عبيد الله قلت لنافع: ما القزع؟ قال خلق بعض رأس الصبي ويترك بعض » [متفق عليه ] ¤
Abdullah ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ forbade al-qaza’. Ubaydullah said: I asked Nafi’: “What is al-qaza’?” He said: “Shaving part of a child’s head and leaving part of it.” [Muttafaq alayh] ¤
Verification and Takhrij: Bukhari: 5921; Muslim: 2120. ¤
«وعن أبى هريرة قال: قال رسول الله صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم: اختتن إبراهيم (النبي) وهو ابن ثمانين سنة بالقدوم)) » [متفق عليه] ¤
Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Ibrahim circumcised himself at the age of eighty years, with an adze.” [Muttafaq alayh] ¤
Verification and Takhrij: Bukhari: 3356, 6298; Muslim: 2370. ¤
Benefits: ¤
➊ There are ten matters related to fitrah that should be done: ¤ (1) Trimming the moustache ¤ (2) Letting the beard grow ¤ (3) Using the miswak ¤ (4) Inhaling water into the nose ¤ (5) Washing the finger joints ¤ (6) Trimming the nails ¤ (7) Plucking the underarm hair ¤ (8) Shaving the pubic hair ¤ (9) Performing istinja ¤ (10) Rinsing the mouth ¤
➋ Shaving the moustache completely clean with a razor is not permissible, because the word halq (shaving) is not used for the moustache in the hadith; rather the word qass (trimming), which is correct, is used. Hair should be cut or removed within forty days and not beyond that. The hair of the head should be even; it should not be that part of the head is shaved and part is left. This is the English style, which opposes the hadith, and nowadays it is common. ¤
➌ Circumcision is also a sunnah. ¤
➍ Plucking underarm hair is no longer practised nowadays. Pubic hair may be removed with a razor or depilatory powder. Leaving all the hair completely is the way of the Sikhs. An adult is recognised by the beard, underarm hair and pubic hair; that is, the attribute of puberty is clearly distinguished between a Muslim and a non-Muslim through these natural principles mentioned above. ¤ ➎ Ibrahim (peace be upon him) circumcised himself at the age of eighty, by Allah’s command, with an adze. It is known that this is the sunnah of Ibrahim (peace be upon him). ¤
