Fiqh of the Four Schools Search for a mas’ala in the schools’ booksCtrl K

غسل الرأس والجسد بالسدر

In 2 comparative books1 schools

هل يُستحب غسل الرأس والجسد واللحية بالسدر ونحوه؟

Each school’s answer

In our words
Hanafi

غسل الرأس والجسد واللحية بالسدر ونحوه مشروع، لأنه يقتل الهوام ويلين الشعر

مشروع
Maliki

Not stated in the sources

Shafi'i

Not stated in the sources

Hanbali

Not stated in the sources

The texts

٩٦ - فَمِنْهَا غَسْل الرَّأْسِ وَالْجَسَدِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ بِالسِّدْرِ وَنَحْوِهِ، عِنْدَ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ؛ لأَِنَّهُ يَقْتُل الْهَوَامَّ وَيُلَيِّنُ الشَّعْرَ (٢)

«الموسوعة الفقهية الكويتية» (Kuwait) entry «الفصل الأول» vol. 2 p. 169

From the schools’ own books

Hanafi

مشروع

Its place in the school’s books is not linked yet.

Maliki

The sources give no view for it here.

Shafi'i

The sources give no view for it here.

Hanbali

The sources give no view for it here.

What is «in our words» is our standard wording; the books’ texts stay as they are.