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Jami' at-TirmidhiChapters on Manners

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2758

Chapter: What Has Been Related About The Time Limit For Trimming The Fingernails And Taking From The Mustache

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2758

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ، صَاحِبُ الدَّقِيقِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيُّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم

أَنَّهُ وَقَّتَ لَهُمْ فِي كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً تَقْلِيمَ الأَظْفَارِ وَأَخْذَ الشَّارِبِ وَحَلْقَ الْعَانَةِ ‏.‏

Narrated Anas:

from the Prophet (ﷺ), that he (ﷺ) fixed the time as every forty nights for them to trimming the fingernails, taking from the mustache, and shaving the pubic hairs.

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 2758).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ ) هُوَ اِبْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ ذَكْوَانَ التَّمِيمِيُّ ( أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْجُونِيُّ ) اِسْمُهُ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ. قَوْلُهُ : ( أَنَّهُ وَقَّتَ ) أَيْ بَيَّنَ وَعَيَّنَ ( لَهُمْ ) أَيْ لِأَجْلِهِمْ ( فِي كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ) فَلَا يَجُوزُ التَّأْخِيرُ فِي هَذِهِ الْأَشْيَاءِ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْمُدَّةِ.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2758
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2758
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2758

On the same subject

Authentic Sahih Muslim 258

A time limit was set for us regarding trimming the mustache, clipping the nails, plucking the armpit hair, and shaving the pubic hair—that we should not leave them for more than forty nights

A time limit was set for us regarding trimming the mustache, clipping the nails, plucking the armpit hair, and shaving the pubic hair—that we should not leave them for more than forty nights.

وُقِّتَ لَنَا فِي قَصِّ الشَّارِبِ وَتَقْلِيمِ الأَظْفَارِ وَنَتْفِ الإِبْطِ وَحَلْقِ الْعَانَةِ أَنْ لاَ نَتْرُكَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ‏.‏

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik + 7 other versions Explained

Differing grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4200

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) fixed forty days to shave the pubes, paring the nails, clipping the moustaches, and plucking the hair under the armpit. Abu Dawud said: Ja'far b. Sulaiman transmitted it from Abu 'Imran on the authority of Anas. In this version he did not mention the Prophet (ﷺ). He said…

وَقَّتَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَلْقَ الْعَانَةِ وَتَقْلِيمَ الأَظْفَارِ وَقَصَّ الشَّارِبِ وَنَتْفَ الإِبْطِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا مَرَّةً ‏.‏

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

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