The Sunnah indicates that it is prescribed to remove pubic hair and armpit hair. Al-Bukhaari (5889) and Muslim (257) narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The fitrah is five things – or five things are part of the fitrah – circumcision, shaving the pubes, cutting the nails, plucking the armpit hairs, and trimming the moustache.”

The wisdom behind the prescription of removing the hair from these two places – and Allah knows best – is that removing it helps one to attain a perfect level of cleanliness and prevents what could emanate from them of bad smells if the hair was left without removing it. And there are other reasons and wisdom behind it.

Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: These characteristics of the fitrah may serve some religious or worldly interests, that one may notice by reflecting upon the issue, such as: improving one’s physical well-being; cleansing the body thoroughly; taking precautions to ensure purity when doing ghusl or wudoo’; doing a favour to one’s friends and companions by avoiding unpleasant smells that may offend them; differing from the practices of the disbelievers such as the Magians, Jews, Christians and idol-worshippers; obeying the command of the Lawgiver; preserving that which is mentioned to in the verse in which Allah, may He be exalted, said (interpretation of the meaning), “and [Allah] has given you shape and made your shapes good (looking)” [Ghaafir 40:64], because by doing so one is preserving that beautiful image – it is as if the verse implies: I have given you beautiful shapes, so do not distort them with anything that may make them ugly, and take care of them so that they will continue to be beautiful, for taking care of them is a kind of adhering to dignity and maintaining harmony with others, because if a person appears handsome or beautiful, that makes others feel at ease with him, so people will listen to what he says and appreciate what he says, and vice versa.

End quote from Fath al-Baari.

Secondly:

What was well known at the time of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was that they would use a razor to shave their hair.

Al-Bukhaari (5079) and Muslim (715) narrated that Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) on campaign, and when we approached Madinah, we wanted to enter the city straight away, but the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Delay it until we enter at night, so that the one who is dishevelled may tidy herself up and the one whose husband is absent may shave her pubic hair.”

Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said in Fath al-Baari: This refers to the woman whose husband is absent. What is meant is so that she may remove her pubic hair, and the word used in this hadith refers to shaving, because that is the usual method of removing hair, but that does not mean that it is not allowed to use something other than a razor. End quote.

Al-Bukhaari (3989) narrated the story of Khubayb ibn ‘Adiyy (may Allah be pleased with him), in which it says:… when they [the disbelievers who had captured him] decided to kill him, he asked to borrow a razor from one of the daughters of al-Haarith so that he could shave his pubic hair, and she lent it to him…

It says in Musnad al-Imam Ahmad (26705), in the hadith of Ma‘mar ibn ‘Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): … When the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) had slaughtered his sacrifice in Mina, he instructed me to shave his head. So I picked up the razor and stood by his head. The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) looked me in the eye and said to me: “O Ma‘mar, the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) has let you take hold of his earlobe when you have a razor in your hand…”

Thirdly:

The Sunnah with regard to the removal of pubic hair is to shave it. In the case of armpit hair, the Sunnah is to pluck it, but if a person simply trims it, there is nothing wrong with that, but it is not what is best.

Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Shaving the pubic hair is mustahabb and is part of the fitrah, and it is very inappropriate to leave it, so it is recommended to remove it, and whatever means one uses, there is nothing wrong with it, because the point is to remove it. It was said to Abu ‘Abdullah (i.e., Imam Ahmad): Is it acceptable for a man to cut his pubic hair with scissors, even if he does not cut all of it? He said: I hope it is acceptable, in sha Allah.

End quote from al-Mughni (1/65).

An-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Shaving the pubic hair is called istihdaad in Arabic because iron (hadeed) is used, i.e., the razor. That is Sunnah, and the purpose behind it is to cleanse the area. The best is to shave it, but it is permissible to cut the hair, pluck it or remove it with a depilatory paste…. With regard to plucking the armpit hair, that is Sunnah according to consensus. The best is to pluck it for the one who can stand it, but it may also be done by shaving or using a depilatory paste. It was narrated that Yoonus ibn ‘Abd al-A‘laa said: I entered upon ash-Shaafa‘i (may Allah have mercy on him), and the barber was with him, shaving his armpits. Ash-Shaafa‘i said: I know that the Sunnah is to pluck it, but I cannot stand the pain.

End quote from Sharh Muslim by an-Nawawi (3/149)

And Allah knows best.

CC: Mukina2 Sissie

S.A.W. Alhamdulilahi am a Muslim.

hmmm

With or without any wisdom behind it sef, do u want to keep dreadlocks in these two areas?

Jazak Allahu. Purity is part of Iman.

Jazakumullahu khayran

Hmm..Ain't seen a muslim thread on fp in a while..

midolian:
With or without any wisdom behind it sef, do u want to keep dreadlocks in these two areas?

Dreadlocks or Afro

Dumb. Dumb!!!

Hmm

nice jazakallah Kairan. even though nairaland. is not nyc place for a muslim to be.

Aminat508:
Dreadlocks or Afro

There is no compulsion in religion. Verily, the Right Path has become distinct from the wrong path. Whoever disbelieves in taghoot (false gods) and believes in Allah, then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that will never break.
[al-Baqarah 2:256]
And Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
Whosoever does righteous good deeds, it is for (the benefit of) his ownself; and whosoever does evil, it is against his ownself. And your Lord is not at all unjust to (His) slaves.
[Fussilat 41:46]

Verily, proofs have come to you from your Lord, so whosoever sees, will do so for (the good of) his ownself, and whosoever blinds himself, will do so to his own harm, and I (Muhammad) am not a watcher over you.
[al-An’am 6:104

Verily, this (the Qur'an) is no less than a Reminder to (all) the
'Alamin (mankind and jinns).
To whomsoever among you who wills to walk straight. Q81:27-28

Therefore, for the benefit of those who would love to ask some questions concerning Islam, I would like Mr Seun to open our page to everybody without any condition.

Allah knows best . .... something is wrong if Allah supports the removal of such hair. Are we to believe He made a mistake by having hair in those places?... that He didn't know they would cause uncleanness and unpleasant smells?.... and now we should correct His mistakes by plucking these hairs? Is it Allah made a mistake...or is it the above is wrong?
On shaving...in fact...plucking pubic hair down there especially by women does more harm than good.. The hair down there is for good reasons. .... from the beginning of times to present.I guess from the beginning of times when mankind walked butt naked it served to keep away termites and stuff from entering the body. I guess on man was pretty much the same.... to prevent like ants from having a clear run to the mouth of the joysrick... they had to battle through the jungle to get there...not worth it. Today..... soooooo many women that remove hair from down there... especially those living in a hot climate like ours.... suffer from yeast infection... over and over and over again. Why?.... no hair to form a cushion between the underwear to allow heat from ehmmm... that opening to exit. Instead, the opening is like now sealed and a mini oven is created disrupting the balance of nature inside. Now this is unhygienic and it smells to the high heaven..... so the thread is really upside down.

Originalsly:
Allah knows best . .... something is wrong if Allah supports the removal of such hair. Are we to believe He made a mistake by having hair in those places?... that He didn't know they would cause uncleanness and unpleasant smells?.... and now we should correct His mistakes by plucking these hairs? Is it Allah made a mistake...or is it the above is wrong?
On shaving...in fact...plucking public hair down there especially by women does more harm than good.. The hair down there is for good reasons. .... from the beginning of times to present.I guess from the beginning of times when makind walked butt naked it served to keep away termites and stuff from entering the body. I guess on man was pretty much the same.... to prevent like ants from having a clear run to the mouth of the joysrick... they had to battle through the jungle to get there...not worth it. Today..... soooooo many women that remove hair from down there... especially those living in a hot climate like ours.... suffer from yeast infection... over and over and over again. Why?.... no hair to form a cushion between the underwear to allow heat from ehmmm... that opening to exit. Instead, the opening is like now sealed and a mini oven is created disrupting the balance of nature inside. Now this is unhygienic and it smells to the high heaven..... so the thread is really upside down.

There is no mistake in his work

JUMAH MUBARAQ

May Allah bless you with more knowledge

in the past people have been destroyed for asking questions(unnecessarily)

I wonder why the three(3) Abrahamic religions(Judaism, Christianity and Islam) call one another unbelievers, whereas they all believe in monotheism (i.e the existence of one Supreme being Yahweh,Jehovah, God,Allah)
I am born into a Christian family but Out of curiosity to know the truth I started reading the Holy Quran, and I found out that it so much related to the Holy Bible in its teachings ,except some verses where it preached hatred towards people of other faiths like in Q48:29., of which not all Moslems obey that verse in practice, and the Bible is not an exception Bc there are still some passages of the old testament that if we start to obey, it will counter d teachings of Jesus Christ (New Testament) .
All the 3 Religions believe almost in d same prophets.
There are many good people among the Moslem, Christian ,Hindu, Buddha, Pagan, and Judaism population like wise the bad ones, At the end of the day, I guess God z not going to judge us Bc we are Moslems, Christians, pagans, etc. He will judge Bc we are all humans, Bc if u tell me that God is going to save The Christians and punish the Moslems Or vice versa I will not believe u, or that He is going to Kill Indians and Japanese, Chinese Bc they re Hindus and Buddha's respectively, I will still not believe u, Bc the way of man z not d Way of God.
Let us learn to love one another and live in peace, Religion is Separating mankind's instead of binding it.

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