Five are acts of Fitrah (natural disposition): circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, trimm…

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Hadith text: Five are acts of Fitrah (natural disposition): circumci…

Explanation of the hadith: Five are acts of Fitrah (natural disposition): circumci…

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned five acts that belong to the religion of Islam and the practices of the messengers.

First: Circumcision: This is to cut the foreskin of the glans of the male organ and to cut the tip of a female's clitoris.

Second: Shaving the pubes. This is to cut the pubic hair, which grows around the sex organs.

Third: trimming the mustache. This is to trim the hair that grows on a man's upper lip in a way that makes the lip visible.

Fourth: Clipping the nails.

Fifth: Plucking the armpit hair.

Lessons: Five are acts of Fitrah (natural disposition): circumci…

The messengers' practices that Allah likes, is pleased with, and enjoins lead to perfection, purity, and beauty.
The legitimacy of observing these acts and not overlooking them.
These acts serve religious and worldly benefits, such as: improving appearance, cleaning the body, being heedful about purification, differing from the disbelievers, and complying with the commands of Allah.
Other Hadīths mention more acts of the Fitrah other than these five, like letting the beard grow and using the tooth-stick.

Categories : Jurisprudence of Acts of Worship · Purification · Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles · Natural Cleanliness Practices

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