Are removing the armpit and pubic hair among the conditions of prayer?
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Question:
The questioner (N. H. M.) asks: Is the prayer invalid if a Muslim man or woman does not remove the hair from his or her armpits and pubic area?
Please inform us of this.
Answer:
The prayer is valid; removing the hair from the armpits and the pubic area is not a condition for it. However, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for a person to attend to his pubic hair and armpit hair and not to leave it for more than forty days. Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We were given a time limit for trimming the mustache, cutting the nails, plucking the armpit hair, and shaving the pubic hair, not to leave it for more than forty nights." In another wording: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set a time limit for us regarding that."
So it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for the believer to attend to this before the forty days are completed. Yes.
The questioner (N. H. M.) asks: Is the prayer invalid if a Muslim man or woman does not remove the hair from his or her armpits and pubic area?
Please inform us of this.
Answer:
The prayer is valid; removing the hair from the armpits and the pubic area is not a condition for it. However, it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for a person to attend to his pubic hair and armpit hair and not to leave it for more than forty days. Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We were given a time limit for trimming the mustache, cutting the nails, plucking the armpit hair, and shaving the pubic hair, not to leave it for more than forty nights." In another wording: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set a time limit for us regarding that."
So it is a recommended practice (sunnah) for the believer to attend to this before the forty days are completed. Yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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