Sunnats Of The Hair

1. The length of the hair of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam reached up to the middle ear. According to another narration, the hair reached up to the ear and yet, in another narration, it is mentioned that it reached up to the ear lobes. There are also narrations where it is mentioned that the hair was close to the earlobes.

2. To keep all the hair up to the earlobes or a little lower, is Sunnah. Similarly, to shave all the hair off is also Sunnah. If a person wishes to trim his hair, then it should be trimmed equally on all sides. To keep the front of the hair long while shortening the back of it, is not permissible. Similarly, to shave part of the hair while leaving the rest long, is not permissible. May Allah Ta’ala protect all Muslims from this.

3. The command to grow the beard and trim the moustache has been recorded in the Hadith (Bukhaari/Muslim). To trim the beard less than the length of a one fist, or to shave it off, is declared as Haraam. May Allah Ta’ala protect every Muslim from this. It is Waajib to keep the beard one fist length (on all sides), and the length of one fist is established from the Sunnah.

4. It is Sunnah to trim the moustache as finely as possible. There are severe warnings in the Ahaadith for keeping very long moustaches.

5. The hair below the navel, armpits, moustache, as well as the nails, should be cut and kept clean. It is sinful to allow 40 days to pass without doing so.

6. To wash the hair, oil and comb it, is Sunnah. However, a few days should be skipped in between if there is no necessity.

7. When combing the hair, start from the right side.

8. When combing one’s hair, or whenever the need arises to look into a mirror, recite the following Dua:

اَللّٰهُمَّ أَنْتَ حَسَّنْتَ خَلْقِي فَحَسِّنْ خُلْقِي