For Muslims: Why is it necessary to remove body hair?

Question

I've wondered about this for a while but I didn't post it sooner because I didn't want to appear to be a troll. I think most people here can see that I'm not a troll, so I feel more confident in asking it. It's a genuine question.

I understand that a principal tenet of Islam is that the human body was optimally designed by God. Yet as far as I know, Islam requires people to remove all of their body hair. This seems like a contradiction to me. Is the idea of shaving body hair from the Qur'an or the Hadith or somewhere else? What is the rationale behind it?

Answer 1

Islam advices Muslims to be clean externally, internally as well as spiritually. Only unwanted filthy hairs are asked to remove and nothing more than that. Removing hairs of all body parts is nor recommended.

Allah's Apostle said,"Five practices are
characteristics of the Fitra (Tradition of Prophets) : circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, cutting the moustaches short, clipping the nails, and depilating the hair of the armpits." (Bukhari)

Answer 2

If islam requires people to remove all of their body hair, then why most mulsims have a lot of hairs on there body?

personally, iam a muslim, and i never heard that islam requires muslims to remove all of their body hair

Answer 3

it is required to remove arm pit and public hair. If you wanted to you could shave the rest of your body hair

Answer 4

I believe that's not true , It's not recommended for men to shave all their body hair, except for the sensitive places because of the filth it can catch ...

Answer 5

convinced, you need to take your hair thoroughly off and be sparkling like a Muslim and by no skill unclean like the mind and OMAR. only trim the hair down there and attempt to continually save your self sparkling, thats what's asserted in the Quaran.

Answer 6

it came from a hadith and thats because to remain clean.. and have no bad odor! to recognize muslim from a non-believers!!