So he -asws said: ‘You have hit the Sunnah and Zurara has erred.
So he -asws said: ‘You have hit the Sunnah and Zurara has erred. Shaving it is better than plucking it, and waxing it is better than shaving it’. ثُمَّ قَالَ لَنَا اطَّلِيَا فَقُلْنَا فَعَلْنَا مُنْذُ ثَلَاثٍ فَقَالَ أَعِيدَا فَإِنَّ الِاطِّلَاءَ طَهُورٌ . Then he -asws said to us: ‘Get the waxing done’. So we said, ‘We did that three days ago’. So he -asws said: ‘Repeat it, for the waxing is cleanliness’.
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza who said, ‘I entered the bathhouse along with Abu Baseer, so we looked at Abu Abd Allah -asws had waxed, and he -asws had waxed his -asws underarms with Al-Noura . So I informed Abu Baseer, so he said, ‘Guide me to him -asws to ask him -asws about it’. So I said, ‘I have seen him -asws ’. So he said, ‘You have seen him -asws , and I cannot see him -asws ’, (as he was blind). Guide me to him -asws ’.
So I guided him to him -asws , so he said to him -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! My guide informed me that you -asws have waxed, and waxed your -asws underarms with Al-Noura ’. He -asws said: ‘Yes, O Abu Muhammad! Plucking the underarms weakens the vision. Wax, O Abu Muhammad’. So he said, ‘I have waxed a few days beforehand’. So he -asws said: ‘Wax, for it is cleaner’.