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Chest hair, trimming mustache

Fatwaa ID: 1725

Question:
Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I hope you are dong well, I have 2 questions
1)Is it permissible for men to shave chest and/or stomach hair?
2)Will trimming the moustache break wudu?
Jazakummallahu Khairan

Answer:
In the Name of Allaah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salaamu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullaahi wa-barakaatuh.

  1. It is permissible for men to remove or shave their chest and stomach hairs. However, some jurists have advised that it is better to avoid if there is no need.
  2. No. Trimming, shaving or removing one’s mustache or any hair does not invalidate the wudhu.

And Allaah Ta’aala knows best.
Mufti Muajul I. Chowdhury
Darul Iftaa New York
https://askthemufti.us/

02/19/1445 AH – 09/05/2023 CE | AMG3-4120

وصل اللهم وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد وعلى ءاله وصحبه أجمعين

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