An incident on beard

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I read this somewhere & just wanna share this nice poem.
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This is a true incident which occured to my brother (in Islam) whilst studying at university, am sure you’ll find it amusing.

here goes:

First, the foreword by the author (which is a must read to understand the poem fully

Quote:

I came to eat dinner in my halls of residence one day last year when two sisters started laughing at me; I had some food stuck in my beard. They went on to innocently and honestly mock my beard saying it was messy, unnatural and unhygienic. Little did they know the rage that I felt as a result of this and I channeled this rage by unleashing my anger through my pen and out came this poem.

I performed this poem in the Leicester University/DMU Islamic Societies and Eid Celebration and it was received with much laughter and acclaim - Alhamdulillah. Due to popular demand and many requests I have decided to type my poem up and email it to my friends in Islam. Let me remind you all not to be offended as this is no fatwa or religious statement - just a funny poem that spontaneously was produced as a result of my unfortunate experience…

Tushar Imdad-ul-Haque Bhuiya (12th March 2001)

Ok, and now the actual poem:

"Glorified be He who beautifies women with long locks of hair
And Men with long beards
There is beauty in the beard
Aye, there is beauty in the beard!

When the lion roars all the animals submit
For the lion is the king of the jungle
The lion with its glorious mane
And a Muslim man grows his mane in pride
Showing the rest of humanity that he is to be respected
Can one imagine a lion without its mane?
Nay, thou canst not!
Then imagine a man without his beard

Woe to worldly women who mock the beards so!
Desiring husbands with clean shaven faces
Woe to women who mock the Prophets Sunnah
In the name of hygiene, neatness and smooth texture
Indeed the women of this world cannot like the beard
But she who wants
Paradise adores the beard!

A beard is a gift given to man
Something only he can grow; a woman never can!
When he ponders, he gently strokes it;
When he eats, it stores food;
When he is with kids, they play with it adoringly;
When he is with his wife, she fondles it lovingly;
When the enemy see it, fear is struck in their hearts!
Ah! there is indeed beauty in the beard!

All the Prophets had beards - yes they did!
Muhammad(Peace Be Upon Him) had a beard - so big! so big!
All the companions had beards - o yes! o yes!
All the sages had beards - I know! I know!
All the wise have beards - tis true! tis true!
All the pious have beards - you see! you see!
All the Muslims have beards!? - if only! if only!

Who did not have beards? The kafirun!
Who had clean shaven faces? The kafirun!
Who grew their moustaches? The kafirun!
“And
what did our Prophet order?” I here you ask
He ordered us to lengthen the beard and trim the moustache!
Lengthen the beard and trim the moustache!
What greater reason that this can there be
The fact that our Prophet told us to see
That we make ourselves appear to the world
As full bearded men with honour untold

O Muslim brother! Why do you desire to look like a woman
When your blessed facial hair is the differece between you and the opposite gender?
O poor Muslim brother! Why do you imitate the kafir
Instead of following the Prophet of Islam?
O silly Muslim sister! Why are you so blind?
Infatuated with Bollywood actors who have no mind!
O wretched sister! Are you not scared of your choice?
You would rather have a feminine monkey instead of an exalted manly ape!

So indeed I love my beard
And adore the curls and
tangles
Which no oil, gel or superglue can ever straighten
My glorious long, curly, messy, fluffy beard!
The playhouse for kids;
And the beloved of Allah!
I maybe rejected by worldly women because of this hair on my face
But who care! For my Mum loves it and she puts all such sisters to disgrace!
Be patient Muslim brothers, who shun the trendy look for a Prophetic pose
Paradise with the wide eyed Houris is our final abode!!!"

Jazakallahu Khairan
Wa alaikum assallam warahmatullahi wabarkatu
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subhanaAllah
those who mock the beard or deny it being compulsory to wear should fear Allah as doing something like mocking islam or rejecting what the prophet SAW gives and makes compulsory on one can take one outside the fold of islam
jhazakallah khair for sharing

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:jazak:

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I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

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same thing was posted a while back and thoroughly discussed. Maybe someone could link the old discussion to it as well.

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yeah its true and kinda funnY!
My sis's husband have a beard and i've seen many ppl..muslim ppl..even his own relatives..advicing him to shave it oFF..and ask an Islamic scholar if one could shave his beard while living in USA..SAd..isnt it!
I m sure they dont know the truth

GUPSHUP is site of SINNERS.
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here’s a link to the old thread..
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthread.php?t=169612&highlight=beard

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whoops......Sorry for posting this poem again.....I read the discussion there...The discussion was a "heated one" and a long 1 in that thread.....

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Very nice!
Thanks for posting.

Can anyone provide referrence to the hadeeth where this is mentioned?

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why beard is beauty???

prophet mohammed used to catch his beard with his fist to cut it straight. Why? why he use to not cut it wavy??? why??

why he used to keep zulfeen???why ??why he used to not cut them like beard???

why he used to do maswak??? why???

why he used to uses Surma??why?? why he used to stay neat and clean ????

The answer is to make himself presentable, smart , he used to use the tool he used to possiblely have it in that era of time (Scessor).

Teeth he used to do maswak to keep clean and bright and pretty
Eyes he used to use surma , so that they look pretty and used to become bright /

hair he used to keep long as those days fashion was for long hair.

So sunnat is in the ANSWER why??? he used to do all above???? not in MANZAR OR ACT. otherwise what he did not do , you doing is sin. for examle use of soap, shampoo, aircondition, cemented houses, cars , aeroplane, use camals (at least for haj)

So why he used to do all the above and also why he used to keep shalwar or DOHTEY high etc etc

the answer of above all if some one ask you why he used to do the above is SUNNAT

!) keep yourself TAHIR is sunnat
2) Keep your self handsome. care about your personality and health. etc etc is SUNNAT. He(pbuh) used to hide his white hair too.because he knew that:
Allah hou jameel and u hub bul jamal.

I do not know why our dein ka ustad deeik sa nahe sounch tay hein. Zara Sounchou tou. Masanzar -appearance of prophet is not sunnat, rather why he used act so is sunnat.

therefore keeping salwar high is not sunnat. Staying tahir is sunnat
keeping long beard is not Sunnat rather presenting yourself handsome and neat and tidy is sunnat.