Beard

I have a couple of questions related to beard.

  1. What purpose does it serve from a religious perspective?

  2. Is it mandatory to grow beard for muslim men?

Please justify your stance with hadith or Quranic verses, thanks.

Re: Beard

  1. sunnah+muslim man’s Identity

  2. It’s wajib according to Hanafi fiqh.

(Please google to see meaning of wajib)