Are all the Sunnahs of fitrah obligatory or recommended?
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The Shaykh : Yes, yes, we say that of the five fitrahs mentioned earlier, some are obligatory and some are recommended. Circumcision is obligatory, either for men and women or for men only, and it has been said that it is also a recommended practice. The rest are all recommended practices according to the stronger position, even though the apparent meaning of the hadith of Anas, in his statement: "We were given a time limit not to leave more than forty days," indicates obligation and that it is not permissible to leave them for more than forty days.
As for trimming the mustache, some scholars say it is also obligatory, like letting the beard grow, while others say it is not obligatory. However, if we consider that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) paired it with letting the beard grow and said:, then the contradiction would only occur by doing both things together. Based on this, the position that trimming the mustache is obligatory is the stronger one.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, we say that of the five fitrahs mentioned earlier, some are obligatory and some are recommended. Circumcision is obligatory, either for men and women or for men only, and it has been said that it is also a recommended practice. The rest are all recommended practices according to the stronger position, even though the apparent meaning of the hadith of Anas, in his statement: "We were given a time limit not to leave more than forty days," indicates obligation and that it is not permissible to leave them for more than forty days.
As for trimming the mustache, some scholars say it is also obligatory, like letting the beard grow, while others say it is not obligatory. However, if we consider that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) paired it with letting the beard grow and said: