7. We were told by Mudaffar bin Ja’far bin Mudaffar al-Alawi, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Ja’far bin Muhammed bin Mas’ud, from his father, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Naseer, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Isa, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Hammad bin Uthman, from al-Halabi, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: I asked him about tafath, so he said:

It is to shave and what is in the skin of a person.