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2759. Anas bin Mālik said: "[The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ] fixed the time for us for paring the moustache, trimming the fingernails, shaving the pubic hairs and plucking the underarm hairs – that we not leave it for more than forty days." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[He said:] This is more correct than the first narration. Ṣadaqah bin Mūsā (a narrator in the chain) is not a Hāfīz according to them.
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When the nails or the hair of a person that are trimmed or cut grow long, and their removal seems necessary, they should be cut, shaved or plucked; and the maximum period for doing so is within forty days; letting the nails and extra hair on the body grow for more than forty days is not allowed. According to a narration in Shu'b Al-Imān, the Prophet would clip his nails and trim his moustaches every Friday before leaving for Friday prayer.