Someone would do this for him up to his waist-wrap and he...

Someone would do this for him up to his waist-wrap and he would do the rest himself.[^11] In al-Kafi: From Hudhaifah ibn Mansur who said: I heard Aba ‘Abdillah (as) saying: The Noble Prophet (S) would depilate the pubic hair and the hair under the private parts every Friday.[^12] From al-Fattal in Rawd’at al-Wa’id’in: Abu ‘Abdillah (as) said: The sunnah regarding the use of a depilatory is to use it once every fifteen days.

The one who has passed twenty days (because of not having money) should take a loan, to which Allah (SwT) will be the Guarantor, and depilate. The one who passes forty days without depilating (the excess body hair) is neither a believer not a disbeliever, and there is no dignity in this.[^13] In al-Faqih: ‘Ali (as) said: Removal of hair from the armpits eliminates bad odor and is hygienic.

It is a sunnah which the virtuous one (S) instructed (his followers to perform).[^14] In al-Kafi: Narrated from Salim al-Fazari from someone from Abi ‘Abdillah (as) who said: The Holy Prophet (S) would apply kohl with collyrium (to both his eyes) when he went to his bed, one after the other.[^15] Also: Narrated from Zurarah from Abi ‘Abdillah (as) who said: The Holy Prophet (S) used to apply kohl to his eyes before going to sleep, four times in the right eye and three times in the left.[^16] In al-Makarim: He said: The Holy Prophet (S) used to apply kohl in his right eye three times and in the left twice ...

📌and he had a container of kohl which he used at night. The kohl that he used was made from collyrium.[^17] From al-Husayn ibn Bastam in Tibb al-A’immah: Narrated from ‘Abdillah ibn Maimun from Abi ‘Abdillah (as) who said: The Holy Prophet (S) had a kohl container from which he would take kohl every night and apply it thrice to both eyes before going to sleep.[^18] Note: The difference in the number of applications (of kohl) alludes to the difference in his (S) action at different times.

📌The sunnah is the very action of applying kohl before going to sleep without doing it a specific number of times.[^19] In al-Faqih: al-Sadiq (as) said: Four (actions) are from the akhlaq of the prophets: Applying perfume, shaving (the head) with a razor, removal of body hair with depilatory and being intimate with one’s wife frequently.[^20] Note: There are numerous similar traditions. Some have already been mentioned and others will be mentioned in the coming sections.

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