4200 — Musallam ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us, Ṣadaqah al-Daqīqī narrated to us, Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī narrated to us, on the authority of Anas ibn Mālik, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, set for us a time limit for shaving the pubic hair, trimming the nails, trimming the moustache, and plucking the armpit hair — once every forty days.

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It is also found in *Musnad Aḥmad* (4654) and *Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān* (5475).

His saying: "with the thorough trimming of moustaches." Al-Zurqānī said in *Sharḥ al-Muwaṭṭaʾ* 4/334: meaning removing what has grown long from it over the lips until the lip becomes clearly visible, as Imām Mālik explained it in what has preceded. This is the view of those who forbade shaving the moustache entirely. And those who held that shaving it is recommended said: its meaning is complete removal, because it is more consistent with the language, since the root meaning of *iḥfāʾ* is thorough removal. But this is refuted by the ḥadīth: "Whoever does not take from his moustache is not of us," for the use of *man* (whoever), which indicates partiality, shows that he does not remove it completely. This is supported by the action of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him — al-Tirmidhī (2964) narrated and deemed good, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to trim his moustache. And in Abū Dāwūd (188), on the authority of al-Mughīrah: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, trimmed my moustache, and my moustache had grown long, so he trimmed it over a toothstick.

And in al-Bayhaqī 1/150, on his authority: He placed the toothstick under the moustache and trimmed it over it. And al-Ṭabarānī (3218) and al-Bayhaqī 1/151, on the authority of Shuraḥbīl ibn Muslim al-Khawlānī: I saw five of the Companions trimming their moustaches: Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī, al-Miqdām ibn Maʿdīkarib, ʿUtbah ibn ʿAbd al-Sulamī, al-Ḥajjāj ibn ʿĀmir al-Thumālī, and ʿAbd Allāh ibn Busr.

(1) A sound ḥadīth, but this chain is weak due to the weakness of Ṣadaqah al-Daqīqī — who is Ibn Mūsā — and Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī: his name is ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Ḥabīb.

It was also narrated by al-Tirmidhī (2962) via the path of Ṣadaqah ibn Mūsā, from him.

It was also narrated by Muslim (258), Ibn Mājah (295), al-Tirmidhī (2963), and al-Nasāʾī in *al-Kubrā* (15) via the path of Jaʿfar ibn Sulaymān, from Abū ʿImrān al-Jawnī, from him. In all of their versions except al-Tirmidhī's, it appears as "a time limit was set for us" — they did not mention the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, even though al-Tirmidhī's shaykh in it is Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd, who is also the shaykh of Muslim and al-Nasāʾī in it. So Allah Most High knows best.

It is also in *Musnad Aḥmad* (12239).