Cut pubic hair from navel
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's
Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Aslam Alikum!
please tell me from where we have to cut the hairs under belly
button, immediately under the belly button or should we have some distance
under it?
Looking forward for your reply.
Thank You.
Allah Hafiz.
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Answer:
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Al-Muwatta Hadith 49.3
Yahya related to me from Malik from Said ibn Abi Said al-Maqburi
from his father that Abu Hurayra heard the Messenger of Allah (saws) say,
"There are five things from the ‘fitra’ (nature): cutting the nails,
trimming the moustache, removing the hair from the armpit, shaving the pubic region and circumcision."
The
Arabic terms used in the hadith for ‘shaving the pubic region’ is ‘Halq ul
aana’, and in the Arabic terminology ‘aana’ is the area immediately surrounding
the private parts or pubic area.
In
general circumstances it would be safe to say that the pubic area starts about
5-6 inches below the belly button. But
if a person has a huge tummy, the distance from the belly button to the pubic
area may increase; but the pubic area itself never increases or decreases.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and
whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone
Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
Wister