4- THE BODY
THE BODY
It is sunnah:
1. to trim the fingernails and toenails.
2. to clip one’s moustache (when it grows long. The most one should clip is enough to show the pink of the upper lip. Plucking it out or shaving it off is offensive.) (Shaving one’s beard is unlawful according to all Imams except Shafi’i, who wrote two opinions about it, one that it is offensive, and the other that it is unlawful. A weak chain of narrators ascribes an opinion of offensiveness to Imam Malik. It is unbelief (kufr) to turn from the sunnah in order to imitate non-Muslims when one believes their way to be superior to the sunnah)
3. for those used to it, to pluck away the hair of the underarms and nostrils, though if plucking the underarms is a hardship, then shaving them; and to shave the pubic hair
4. And to line the eyes with kohl (an antimonic compound that one should be careful to see contains no lead), each eye an odd number of times, preferably three.
It is offensive to shave part of the head and leave part unshaven (though merely cutting some of the hair shorter than another part is not objectionable). There is no harm in shaving it all off (but it is not recommended except for the rites of hajj and ‘umrah (the greater and lesser pilgrimages
Circumcision is obligatory (for both men and women. For men it consists of removing the prepuce from the penis, and for women, removing the prepuce (Ar. bazr) of the clitoris (not the clitoris itself, as some mistakenly assert). (Hanbalis hold that circumcision of women is not obligatory but sunnah, while Hanafis consider it a mere courtesy to the husband.)
It is unlawful for men or women to dye their hair black, except when the intention is jihad (as a show of strength to unbelievers). Plucking out grey hair is offensive. It is sunnah to dye the hair with yellow or red. (It is unlawful for a woman to cut her hair to disfigure herself (e.g. for mourning), though if done for the sake of beauty it is permissible.) It is sunnah for a married woman to dye all of her hands and feet with henna (a red plant dye), but it is unlawful for men to do so unless it is needed (to protect from sunburn, for example).
(Source: The reliance of the traveller, revised edition, Edited and Translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller)
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