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nasai-kubra:15Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Jaʿfar > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Anas b. Mālik

"A time limit was set for us, by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, regarding trimming the mustache, clipping the nails and plucking the pubes; we were not to leave that for more than forty days," on one occasion he said: "Forty nights." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 14)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

وُقَّتَ لَنَا فِي قَصِّ الشَّارِبِ وَتَقْلِيمِ الْأَظْفَارِ وَحَلَقِ الْعَانَةِ وَنَتْفِ الْإِبْطِ أَنْ لَا نَتْرُكَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī
muslim:258Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá And Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Jaʿfar > Yaḥyá > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Anas b. Mālik

A time limit has been prescribed for us for clipping the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking hair under the armpits, shaving the pubes, that it should not be neglected far more than forty nights.  

مسلم:٢٥٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ يَحْيَى أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ

أَنَسٌ وُقِّتَ لَنَا فِي قَصِّ الشَّارِبِ وَتَقْلِيمِ الأَظْفَارِ وَنَتْفِ الإِبْطِ وَحَلْقِ الْعَانَةِ أَنْ لاَ نَتْرُكَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً  

nasai:14Qutaybah > Jaʿfar > Ibn Sulaymān > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Anas b. Mālik

"A time limit was set for us, by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, regarding trimming the mustache, clipping the nails and plucking the pubes; we were not to leave that for more than forty days," on one occasion he said: "Forty nights."  

النسائي:١٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ هُوَ ابْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

وَقَّتَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي قَصِّ الشَّارِبِ وَتَقْلِيمِ الأَظْفَارِ وَحَلْقِ الْعَانَةِ وَنَتْفِ الإِبْطِ أَنْ لاَ نَتْرُكَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً  

abudawud:4200Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Ṣadaqah al-Daqīqī > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Anas b. Mālik

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ fixed forty days to shave the pubes, paring the nails, clipping the moustaches, and plucking the hair under the armpit. Abu Dawud said: Ja'far b. Sulaiman transmitted it from Abu 'Imran on the authority of Anas. In this version he did not mention the Prophet ﷺ. He said: Forty days were fixed for us. This is a more correct version.  

أبو داود:٤٢٠٠حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ الدَّقِيقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

وَقَّتَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَلْقَ الْعَانَةِ وَتَقْلِيمَ الأَظْفَارِ وَقَصَّ الشَّارِبِ وَنَتْفَ الإِبْطِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا مَرَّةً  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ وُقِّتَ لَنَا وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ
tirmidhi:2759Qutaybah > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Anas b. Mālik

"[The Messenger of Allah ﷺ] fixed the time for us paring the mustache, trimming the fingernails, shaving the pubic hairs and plucking the underarm hairs - that we not leave it for more than forty days."  

الترمذي:٢٧٥٩حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

وَقَّتَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي قَصِّ الشَّارِبِ وَتَقْلِيمِ الأَظْفَارِ وَحَلْقِ الْعَانَةِ وَنَتْفِ الإِبْطِ أَنْ لاَ نَتْرُكَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا قَالَ هَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الأَوَّلِ وَصَدَقَةُ بْنُ مُوسَى لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُمْ بِالْحَافِظِ  

ibnmajah:295Bishr b. Hilāl al-Ṣawwāf > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Anas b. Mālik

"We were given a time limit with regard to trimming the mustache, shaving the pubic hairs, plucking the armpit hairs and clipping the nails. We were not to leave that for more than forty days."  

ابن ماجة:٢٩٥حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ الصَّوَّافُ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

وُقِّتَ لَنَا فِي قَصِّ الشَّارِبِ وَحَلْقِ الْعَانَةِ وَنَتْفِ الإِبْطِ وَتَقْلِيمِ الأَظْفَارِ أَنْ لاَ نَتْرُكَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً  

ahmad:13677Muḥammad b. Yazīd > Ṣadaqah Ṣāḥib al-Daqīq > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prescribed for us a period of forty days for trimming the mustache, cutting the nails, and shaving the pubic hair.  

أحمد:١٣٦٧٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ صَاحِبُ الدَّقِيقِ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

وَقَّتَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي قَصِّالشَّارِبِ وَتَقْلِيمِ الْأَظْفَارِ وَحَلْقِ الْعَانَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا  

ahmad:12232Yazīd > Ṣadaqah b. Mūsá > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Anas

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ advised us to shave the mustache, trim the nails, and remove pubic hair once every forty days.  

أحمد:١٢٢٣٢حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

وَقَّتَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي قَصِّ الشَّارِبِ وَتَقْلِيمِ الْأَظْفَارِ وَحَلْقِ الْعَانَةِ فِي كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا مَرَّةً  

bayhaqi:691Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Hāniʾ > Abū Saʿīd Muḥammad b. Shādhān > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Anas b. Mālik

A time limit has been prescribed for us for clipping the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking hair under the armpits, shaving the pubes, that it should not be neglected far more than forty nights. (Using translation from Muslim 258)   

البيهقي:٦٩١وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ثنا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ نا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

أَنَسٌ وُقِّتَ لَنَا فِي قَصِّ الشَّارِبِ وَتَقْلِيمِ الْأَظْفَارِ وَنَتْفِ الْإِبْطِ وَحَلْقِ الْعَانَةِ أَنْ لَا نَتْرُكَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ
bayhaqi:692Abū Muḥammad Janāḥ b. Nadhīr b. Janāḥ al-Muḥāribī Bi-al-Kūfah > Abū Jaʿfar b. Duḥaym > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Abū al-Ḥusayn > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Ṣadaqah b. Mūsá > Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī > Anas b. Mālik

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ fixed forty days to shave the pubes, paring the nails, clipping the moustaches, and plucking the hair under the armpit. Abu Dawud said: Ja'far b. Sulaiman transmitted it from Abu 'Imran on the authority of Anas. In this version he did not mention the Prophet ﷺ. He said: Forty days were fixed for us. This is a more correct version. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4200)   

البيهقي:٦٩٢وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ جَنَاحُ بْنُ نَذِيرِ بْنِ جَنَاحٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرِ بْنُ دُحَيْمٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

وَقَّتَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَلْقِ الْعَانَةِ وَقَصِّ الشَّارِبِ وَتَقْلِيمِ الْأَظْفَارِ وَنَتْفِ الْإِبْطِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا