the nails, washing the finger-joints, plucking the armpit hair, shaving the pubic region, and cleansing oneself with water. The narrator added, “I have forgotten the tenth practice; it may have been rinsing the mouth.” Wakiʿ—one of the transmitters—explained that “cleansing with water” (intiqāṣ al-māʾ) means istinjāʾ, the washing of the private parts after relieving oneself. Recorded by Muslim.

Al-barājim are the knuckles where the fingers bend. “Letting the beard grow” means leaving it exactly as it is and cutting nothing from it.

1205 – Ibn ʿUmar (Allah be pleased with them) relates that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Trim your moustaches closely and let your beards grow.” Agreed upon.

Explanation
These are the rest of the practices of the fiṭrah. We have already cited the ḥadith of Abū Hurayrah (Allah be pleased with him) in which the Prophet ﷺ said: “Five practices are part of the fiṭrah: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, trimming the moustache, clipping the nails, and plucking the armpits.” We also mentioned that, apart from circumcision, the other four should not be neglected for more than forty days, because the Prophet ﷺ fixed this upper limit.

In ʿĀʾishah’s report the fiṭrah comprises ten practices—some appearing in Abū Hurayrah’s narration and others unique to hers. Among these is letting the beard grow, which is therefore one of the fiṭrah acts. In the ḥadith of Ibn ʿUmar the Prophet ﷺ likewise commanded that the beards be allowed to grow.

Linguists define the beard (liḥyah) as the hair that grows on the face and both jawbones—that is, the sideburns.