A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abd Allah, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Sa’dan who said, ‘I was with Abu Baseer in the bathhouse, so I saw Abu Abd Allah -asws waxing his -asws armpits, so I informed Abu Baseer of that, so he said to him -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! Which is preferable, plucking the armpit or shaving it?’ So he -asws said: ‘O Abu Muhammad! Plucking the armpit frails or weakens (the shoulders). Shave it’. [43] Plucking or Waxing?
بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنِ ابْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ كُنَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَلَاحَانِي زُرَارَةُ فِي نَتْفِ الْإِبْطِ وَ حَلْقِهِ فَقُلْتُ حَلْقُهُ أَفْضَلُ وَ قَالَ زُرَارَةُ نَتْفُهُ أَفْضَلُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَّا عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَأَذِنَ لَنَا وَ هُوَ فِي الْحَمَّامِ يَطَّلِي وَ قَدِ اطَّلَى إِبْطَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ لِزُرَارَةَ يَكْفِيكَ قَالَ لَا لَعَلَّهُ فَعَلَ هَذَا لِمَا لَا يَجُوزُ لِي أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ One of our companions, from Ibn Jamhour, from Muhammad Bin Al Qasim, from Abdullah Bin Abu Yafour who said, ‘We were in Al-Medina, so Zurara disputed with me regarding plucking of the armpit and shaving it’.
So I said, ‘Shaving it is better’, and Zurara said, plucking it is better’. So I sought permission for us to see Abu Abd Allah -asws , so he -asws permitted us, and he -asws was in the bathhouse having waxed, and he -asws had waxed his -asws armpits. So I said to Zurara, ‘Does it suffice you?’ He said, ‘No, maybe this deed is for him -asws , and it may not be allowed for me that I should do it’.
فَقَالَ فِيمَا أَنْتُمَا فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ زُرَارَةَ لَاحَانِي فِي نَتْفِ الْإِبْطِ وَ حَلْقِهِ قُلْتُ حَلْقُهُ أَفْضَلُ وَ قَالَ زُرَارَةُ نَتْفُهُ أَفْضَلُ فَقَالَ أَصَبْتَ السُّنَّةَ وَ أَخْطَأَهَا زُرَارَةُ حَلْقُهُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ نَتْفِهِ وَ طَلْيُهُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ حَلْقِهِ So he -asws said: ‘In what (discussion) are you two?’ So I said, ‘Zurara is disputing with me regarding plucking the armpit and shaving it. I said shaving is better, and Zurara said plucking is better’.