What is the 'anah, and does the anus fall under it?
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The questioner : ... the 'anah ... .
The Shaykh : Yes. Yes, the 'anah is the coarse hair around the front private part.
The questioner : ... some of the commentators mention, saying ... the hair that is between the thigh ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean ... .
The Shaykh : In any case, it is all this coarse hair, because the skin is known; the ordinary hairs are ordinary, but all the coarse hair, whether it is on the same bone which is the pubic bone, or as I said, between the two private parts and the thigh. As for the anus, as some of them said, there is no basis for that, and I fear that if a person messes with the hair around the anus and starts shaving it, it might become stronger and thicker, and you know that what is around the anus, if it becomes contaminated with impurity, becomes filth. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes. Yes, the 'anah is the coarse hair around the front private part.
The questioner : ... some of the commentators mention, saying ... the hair that is between the thigh ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I mean ... .
The Shaykh : In any case, it is all this coarse hair, because the skin is known; the ordinary hairs are ordinary, but all the coarse hair, whether it is on the same bone which is the pubic bone, or as I said, between the two private parts and the thigh. As for the anus, as some of them said, there is no basis for that, and I fear that if a person messes with the hair around the anus and starts shaving it, it might become stronger and thicker, and you know that what is around the anus, if it becomes contaminated with impurity, becomes filth. Yes.