The period within which it is obligatory to pluck the armpit hair
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Question:
Regarding armpit hair, what is the period a person must wait before he must clean his armpits of hair again?
Answer:
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him)as narrated by Muslim in the Sahih: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set a limit for us regarding cutting the beard, shaving the pubic hair, plucking the armpit hair, and trimming the fingernails, that we should not leave it for more than forty nights." Ahmad and a group of others narrated it with the wording: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set a limit for us regarding that of forty nights."
So the final limit is forty nights only. When the time approaches, he should trim his mustache, cut his nails, pluck his armpit hair, or remove it by means other than plucking, such as with medications, and trim his mustache. This is the Sunnah. If he tends to his mustache before the forty days are up, because it grows long—some people’s mustaches grow quickly—if he tends to it, even before the forty days, tending to it at twenty days or twenty-five days, that is better, due to his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: and his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2761Sahih (Darussalam) So if he tends to them before the forty days—the mustache, the armpits, the pubic hair, and the nails—that is good, but he should not delay it for more than forty. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Regarding armpit hair, what is the period a person must wait before he must clean his armpits of hair again?
Answer:
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him)as narrated by Muslim in the Sahih: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set a limit for us regarding cutting the beard, shaving the pubic hair, plucking the armpit hair, and trimming the fingernails, that we should not leave it for more than forty nights." Ahmad and a group of others narrated it with the wording: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set a limit for us regarding that of forty nights."
So the final limit is forty nights only. When the time approaches, he should trim his mustache, cut his nails, pluck his armpit hair, or remove it by means other than plucking, such as with medications, and trim his mustache. This is the Sunnah. If he tends to his mustache before the forty days are up, because it grows long—some people’s mustaches grow quickly—if he tends to it, even before the forty days, tending to it at twenty days or twenty-five days, that is better, due to his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying:
Trim the mustaches.
قصوا الشواربWhoever does not take from his mustache, then he is not from us.
من لم يأخذ من شاربه؛ فليس مناThe presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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