regarding the ruling on shaving the armpits instead of plucking them?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. I say: if one is unable to pluck the armpit hair, if one is unable to pluck it, should he shave it or pluck it?
The Shaykh : He should shave it.
The questioner : Or pluck it?
The Shaykh : The scholars say that shaving strengthens the hair and makes it thicker. So if he shaves it and the hair grows back, let him be patient with the pain of the thorns. Do you understand?
The questioner : Let him be patient with the pain of the thorns means that if the hair grows back after shaving... in his armpit.
The Shaykh : It will be like thorns, and this is a known thing among people, so he should not shave it. But now there are medicines they say are beneficial; as soon as you apply them, it goes away.
The questioner : I mean, is shaving not permissible, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Hm?
The questioner : Is shaving not permissible?
The Shaykh : No, it is not prescribed; it is not prescribed and it is not in the interest, because it does not add to its strength. Then I am amazed by the statement of some people that I am unable to do it. I am amazed.
The questioner : Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned that he was unable to do it.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Helper. In any case, be patient once and twice, and that is it; it becomes a habit. Absolutely, if you are patient once and twice, it becomes a habit.
The reader: And peace and blessings be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted: "And from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1437a Reported by Muslim".
The Shaykh : He should shave it.
The questioner : Or pluck it?
The Shaykh : The scholars say that shaving strengthens the hair and makes it thicker. So if he shaves it and the hair grows back, let him be patient with the pain of the thorns. Do you understand?
The questioner : Let him be patient with the pain of the thorns means that if the hair grows back after shaving... in his armpit.
The Shaykh : It will be like thorns, and this is a known thing among people, so he should not shave it. But now there are medicines they say are beneficial; as soon as you apply them, it goes away.
The questioner : I mean, is shaving not permissible, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Hm?
The questioner : Is shaving not permissible?
The Shaykh : No, it is not prescribed; it is not prescribed and it is not in the interest, because it does not add to its strength. Then I am amazed by the statement of some people that I am unable to do it. I am amazed.
The questioner : Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned that he was unable to do it.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Helper. In any case, be patient once and twice, and that is it; it becomes a habit. Absolutely, if you are patient once and twice, it becomes a habit.
The reader: And peace and blessings be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted: "And from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: