Darussalam · Volume 1
1. The Book OfPurificationSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 14 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 15
Source no. 14 · Volume 1 · Page 158
Sahih
صحيح، ابن ماجة (٢٩٥)
Source no. 14 · Volume 1 · Page 6
Sahih
(صحيح) - ابن ماجه ٢٩٥: م.
Select a passage to highlight it. Click or tap a highlight to remove it.
14. It was narrated that Anas bin Mâlik said: "A time limit was set for us, by the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, regarding trimming the mustache, clipping the nails and plucking the pubes; we were not to leave that for more than forty days," on one occasion he said: "Forty nights." (Sahih)
14 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ هُوَ ابْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: «وَقَّتَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي قَصِّ الشَّارِبِ، وَتَقْلِيمِ الْأَظْفَارِ، وَحَلْقِ الْعَانَةِ، وَنَتْفِ الْإِبْطِ، أَنْ لَا نَتْرُكَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا» وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى: «أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً»
Your commentary saves automatically in this browser, separate from the published commentary. It stays private unless you include it in a shared study file.
Forty days is the uppermost limit, in that one must do the above-mentioned acts at least once every forty days. That being said, one may perform those acts whenever the need to do so is felt - whenever foul odor, the accumulation of dirt, or a feeling of dirtiness call for the taking of action.