What are the Islamic rules for clearing hair around the private parts and underarm areas? Do they have to be shaved, and from what age and how frequently? Is it true that if someone does not do so with a certain regularity their prayers are invalid?
What are the Islamic rules for clearing hair around the private parts and underarm areas? Do they have to be shaved, and from what age and how frequently? Is it true that if someone does not do so with a certain regularity their prayers are invalid?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 6 years ago
1. There is No question of invalidity of Prayers just because of not shaving the unwanted hair.
2. No doubt, shaving the unwanted hair is highly recommended as it makes the body clean and avoids the harms of the dirt which accumulates because of the unwanted hair.
3. Removing the unwanted hair starts when ever such hair grows, and it is to be repeated whenever it grows again.
4. It is recommended not leave it unremoved from the body for forty days or whenever it grows up.
Wassalam.