48 - The Book of Adornment from the Sunan

1 - The Fitrah (Natural Disposition)

5040 - Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us, saying: Waki' informed us, saying: Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'idah narrated to us, from Mus'ab ibn Shaybah, from Talq ibn Habib, from Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, from A'ishah, from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Ten [things] are from the fitrah: trimming the mustache, clipping the nails, washing the finger joints, letting the beard grow, using the siwak, snuffing water into the nose, plucking the armpit hairs, shaving the pubic hair, and washing the private parts with water." Mus'ab said: "And I forgot the tenth, unless it be rinsing the mouth."

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(1) In (K) and (H): ten.
(2) It is authentic as the statement of Talq ibn Habib as in the two following narrations, and Mus'ab ibn Shaybah was alone in raising it to the Prophet, and he is predominantly considered weak, while the rest of the narrators in the chain are trustworthy. Waki': he is ibn al-Jarrah. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (9241).
Also recorded by Ahmad (25060), Muslim (261), Abu Dawud (53), al-Tirmidhi (2757), and Ibn Majah (293) via Waki', with this chain.
It will follow in the next narration via Sulayman al-Taymi, and in the narration after that via Abu Bishr Ja'far ibn Iyas Abu Wahshiyyah, both from Talq ibn Habib as his own statement. The author said after both: "The hadith of Sulayman al-Taymi and Ja'far ibn Iyas is more correct than the hadith of Mus'ab ibn Shaybah." Al-Daraqutni said in "Al-'Ilal" 14/89: "They are more reliable than Mus'ab ibn Shaybah and more sound in hadith." Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar mentioned in "Al-Talkhis al-Habir" 1/77 the raised hadith, then said: "It is defective."
See also the hadith of Abu Hurayrah coming under number (5043).
Regarding "al-fitrah," al-Sindi said: It means the natural constitution, and what is meant here is the ancient sunnah that Allah, the Exalted, chose for the prophets, as if it is an innate matter upon which they were naturally formed. The "min" in his saying "min al-fitrah" indicates that the fitrah is not limited to these things, and for this reason it came in some narrations: "Five are from the fitrah," so there is no contradiction between the two narrations due to the lack of limitation. It was also said: It is possible that he, peace and blessings be upon him, first knew of the five, then came to know of the ten, so it became consistent.