Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Hadith 261
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262 - وَ كَانَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَطْلِي إِبْطَيْهِ فِي اَلْحَمَّامِ وَ يَقُولُ «نَتْفُ اَلْإِبْطِ يُضْعِفُ اَلْمَنْكِبَيْنِ وَ يُوهِي وَ يُضْعِفُ اَلْبَصَرَ.
Hadith.262 - And Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) would rub Nuura (depilatory paste) to his armpits in the bathhouse and say: 'Plucking the armpit hair weakens the shoulders and diminishes (weakens) the eyesight.'"
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

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