QUESTION:
What is the ruling regarding the removal of pubic hair for males and females? How long before one becomes sinful if he has not removed the hair? What areas are necessary to remove? Is there any such thing that if not removed for a certain period, one’s Salaah is invalid?
ANSWER:
All the hair from below the navel should be removed, whether on the right, left, on the testicles, etc. This should be done weekly, fortnightly, or at least every forty days. If the hair is not removed within a forty-day period, then one will be guilty of perpetrating an act that is Makrooh-e-Tahreemi (extremely abhorrent and close to Haraam). [Re:- Fataawa Mahmoodiyya pg.473 vol.27].
The famous view is that it is not necessary to remove the hair of the hind private part, as it is necessary for one to remove the pubic hair. Allama Tahtaawi has considered the removal of the hair on the hind private part to be Mustahab and not necessary. However, the view of Allama Shaami is that removal of these hairs is even more emphasized than that of the pubic hair. In other words, when it is necessary and important to remove pubic hair, it will be all the more important to remove the pubic hair of the hind private part, so that impurity does not remain attached to the hair. [Re:- Ahsanul Fataawa Pg.78 Vol.8]
والعانة الشعر القريب من فرج الرجل والمراة ومثلها شعر الدبر بل هو اولٰي باللازالة لئلا يتعلق به شيء من الخارج عند الاستنجاء بالحجر (فتاوي الشامي ص٤٨١ج٢)
The Salaah of a person will be valid even though one may have been careless in removing the pubic hair with the proviso that no impurity remains on the hair.
(Re: Fataawa Darul Uloom Zakariyya Vol:7 Pg:333, Ahsanul Fataawa Vol:8 Pg:77)
ثم العانة: هي الشعر الذي فوق الذكر وحواليه وحوالي فرجها ويستحب إزالة شعر الدبر خوفا من ان يتعلق به شي من النجاسة الخارجة يتمكن من ازالته بالاستجمار (حاشية الطحطاوي ص ٥٢٧)
أي تحريما لقول المجتبى ولا عذر فيما ورا (قوله ويكره تركه) الأربعين ويستحق الوعيد (رد المحتار ج ٦ ص ٤٠٧)
ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST!
ANSWERED BY:
Maulana Ahmed Saeed
Date: 17 Safr 1446 / 22 August 2024
CHECKED AND APPROVED BY:
Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb
