كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ فِي الْحَمَّامِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَطْلِي إِبْطَهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُ بِذَلِكَ أَبَا بَصِيرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَيُّمَا أَفْضَلُ نَتْفُ الْإِبْطِ أَوْ حَلْقُهُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ إِنَّ نَتْفَ الْإِبْطِ يُوهِي أَوْ يُضْعِفُ احْلِقْهُ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Sa’dan who said, ‘I was with Abu Baseer in the bathhouse, so I saw Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> waxing his<sup>asws</sup> armpits, so I informed Abu Baseer of that, so he said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! Which is preferable, plucking the armpit or shaving it?’ So he<sup>asws</sup>said: ‘O Abu Muhammad! Plucking the armpit frails or weakens (the shoulders). Shave it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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