Riyad as-Salihin, 1204

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "There are ten demands of pure nature: trimming the moustache, letting the beard grow, using Miswak (tooth-stick), snuffing up water into the nose (in ablution), paring the nails, washing the bases of the finger joints; plucking the underarm hair, removing of the pubic hair and removing impurities with water from the affected part after a call of nature." The subnarrator said: I forgot the tenth but it might possibly be the rinsing of the mouth (in ablution). [Muslim].

وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏

‏عشر من الفطرة‏:‏ قص الشارب، وإعفاء اللحية، والسواك، واستنشاق الماء، وقص الأظفار، وغسل البراجم، ونتف الإبط، وحلق العانة، وانتقاص الماء‏

‏ ‏(‏‏(‏قال الراوي‏:‏ ونسيت العاشرة إلا أن تكون المضمضة، قال‏:‏ وكيع- وهو أحد رواته-‏)‏‏)‏ ‏.‏ (25) ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏‏(‏‏(‏ (26)

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In-Book Reference: Book 8, Hadith 214

Sharh · explanationclick to expand

Guidance from the Hadiths: 1) The practices of Fitrah are varied. They are intended to honor human beings and put them in the best form and condition. 2) Islam calls for purification, beauty, and cleanliness, inwardly and outwardly. 3) The Sunnah regarding “trimming the mustache, clipping the nails, shaving the pubes, and plucking armpit hair” is that we should not leave that for forty days, as related in an authentic Hadith narrated by Al-Tirmidhi and reported by Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him). Benefit: A person would not deviate from the Prophetic guidance or contradict any practice of the Fitrah except because his innate disposition was negatively affected by something, such as growing up in a bad environment. So, the believer should adhere to the practices of the Fitrah, which involve beauty and cleanliness, as well as the reward of following the Sunnah.

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