Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 55, Hadith 11

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ قَزَعَةَ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ‏:‏ الْفِطْرَةُ خَمْسٌ‏:‏ الْخِتَانُ، وَالِاسْتِحْدَادُ، وَنَتْفُ الإِبْطِ، وَقَصُّ الشَّارِبِ، وَتَقْلِيمُ الأظْفَارِ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Yahya ibn Qaza‘ah related to us: Ibrahim ibn Sa‘d related to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: ‘The fitrah consists of five: circumcision, removal of the pubic hair, plucking the armpit hair, trimming the moustache, and clipping the nails.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • This variant lists the same five practices in a different order from other reports.