The Fitrah(Natural Inclination Of Man)
Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 292 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 107
Source no. 292 · Volume 1 · Page 364
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٧٣) ، آداب الزفاف (١١٧)
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292. It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'The deeds connected to the Fitrah are five (or five things are connected to the Fitrah): circumcision, shaving the pubic hairs, clipping the nails, plucking the armpit hairs and trimming the mustache.'" (Sahih)
292 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " الْفِطْرَةُ خَمْسٌ، أَوْ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الْفِطْرَةِ: الْخِتَانُ، وَالِاسْتِحْدَادُ، وَتَقْلِيمُ الْأَظْفَارِ، وَنَتْفُ الْإِبْطِ، وَقَصُّ الشَّارِبِ "
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Fitrah means the things that are part of a religion which are in perfect harmony with the demands of nature and, therefore, part of the Sunnah and Shari'ah of all the Prophets of Allāh that have gone before. Circumcision means to remove the prepuce (the foreskin or the fold of skin that covers the head of the male organ) so that the head of the organ is bared. The process has great medical advantage because the filth collected inside the foreskin, if not removed, might breed various diseases. Plucking the hair of the armpit is a Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ. The act of plucking keeps the hair from growing again for a considerable period of time although shaving it also serves the purpose of achieving purity. Nails, if left to grow, also tend to collect filth. It is, therefore, in the interest of cleanliness that they be clipped. Growing the mustache was a custom of the non-Arab polytheists. Arabs also contracted this evil habit from them. The Prophet ﷺ enjoined that it be closely trimmed, but the Hadith only speaks of trimming, and not of shaving it.