• Prayers & Duties >> Taharah (Purity)

    Question ID: 43218Country: India

    Title: Body Hair Removal

    Question: In which portions of human body Muslims should remove hairs and what is the area to be covered specifically near sharamgah (private part)? Also, after how many days this process should be repeated?

    Answer ID: 43218

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 37/31/H=1434) (1) The hair of head, armpit and moustache should be removed. (2) The hair below navel including testicles likewise the parts of the thigh around the testicles and the hair around anus should be removed. (3) It is better to repeat the same practice every week on Friday. Nails should be cut and moustache should be trimmed while the hair of armpit and below navel should be removed. It should be done each week if not then once in fifteen days but not more than forty days. If one does not do so even after this period then it is makrooh and he or she shall be sinful. The detail is mentioned in Fatawa Shami, Kitab al-Karahiya and the commentary of Mishkat al-Taliq al-Sabih, vol. 4, p. 405 etc.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India