In some streets we read phrases like "Cleanliness is part of faith" and "Honor your aunt, the date palm," and they say beneath that it is a noble hadith. What is the authenticity of that?

The questioner : In some streets we read phrases: "Cleanliness is part of faith" "and Honor your aunt, the date palm", and they say beneath that it is a noble hadith. What is the authenticity of that?

The Shaykh : This is not correct. The date palm is not our aunt, and I do not think it is the aunt of the other trees either. As for "Cleanliness is part of faith", this is not a hadith, but its meaning is correct. Islam calls for cleanliness, and therefore it prescribes trimming the nails, plucking the armpit hair, shaving the pubic hair, trimming the mustache, and bathing every week. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is part of cleanliness. He set a time limit for taking the nails, the mustache, the pubic hair, and the armpit hair: forty days. This means they should not be left for more than forty days. So do not leave the nails, the pubic hair, the armpit hair, or the mustache for more than forty days, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set a time limit for his Ummah that these should not be left for more than forty days. Yes.

The questioner : May Allah preserve you. This questioner says.