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Hair below the Chin
It says in the Reliance of the Traveller:
It is obligatory to wash all facial hair inner, outer, and the skin beneath, whether the hair is thick or thin-such as eyebrows, mustache, and so forth; except for the beard, since:
- if it is thin, its inner and outer hair and the skin beneath must be washed;
- but if thick, then the outer hair is enough, though it is recommended to saturate it by combing it from beneath with wet fingers. It is obligatory to cause the water to flow over the outer (hair of the) part of the beard that hangs below the chin (though not its inner hair), (…)
Please see the video of Habib `Umar’s ablution in this link:
Washing the Face in Wudu
May Allah give you the best of this world and the next.
[Ustadha] Shazia Ahmad
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Ustadha Shazia Ahmad lived in Damascus, Syria for two years where she studied aqidah, fiqh, tajweed, tafsir, and Arabic. She then attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she completed her Masters in Arabic. Afterward, she moved to Amman, Jordan where she studied fiqh, Arabic, and other sciences. She later moved back to Mississauga, Canada, where she lives with her family.
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