Is a beard Sunnat or Wajib

Society Religion & Philosophy
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Imaam Bukhari (Radhiallaahu Anhu) reports on the authority of Naafi’ who narrates from Abdullah ibn Umar (Radhiallaahu Anhu) that Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, ‘Oppose the Mushrikeen (polytheists); lengthen the beard and trim the moustache.’

Naafi’ further states, ‘And ibn Umar (Radhiallaahu Anhu) during Hajj or Umrah used to hold on to his beard with his fist and cut off whatever was in excess of that.’ (Bukhari vol.2 pg.875; Kitaab-ul-Libaas)

Through this Hadith, the verdict of the growing of the beard being Waajib (obligatory) is deduced. That is because any explicit command of Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) will be regarded as Waajib, if there is no apparent, clear reason/proof which states that that particular command is for Istihbaab (preference). This is an established fact in Usool-ul-Fiqh (principles of jurisprudence).

Moreover, the Wujoob is further emphasized by the fact that Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) did practice on this in his entire life. Know well that Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) did not trim his beard in his life (there is no Sahih Hadith which proves otherwise). However, because the narrator himself (Ibn Umar (Radhiallaahu Anhu) did trim his beard upto a fist’s length, this implies that the Wujoob of keeping a beard is upto a fist length only.

Furthermore, such has also been reported from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayra (Radhiallaahu Anhu) and other Taabi’een. (Tamheed of ibn Abdul-Barr and Fathul Baari). Therefore, the meaning of our statement that you question is, ‘If any person has trimmed his beard upto less than one fist, then his beard will not be a Shar’ee beard.’

Lastly, for your knowledge, the sayings and actions of the Sahaaba (Radhiallaahu Anhum) is a Hujjah (proof) according to the majority of the scholars. However, the conditions for acceptance may differ. This is also an established principle in Usool-ul-Fiqh. Hence, the refutation of a Shar’ee beard by the scholar you have mentioned does not hold any weight in front of the Shar’ee proof we have mentioned.

and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

Moulana Muhammad ibn Moulana Haroon Abbassommar
FACULTY OF SPECIALTY IN HADITH

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why the heck does it matter if you have hair or not? this is a joke. what kind of nonsense is this kind of religious rules and discussions thereof in a world where there are some real issues that need to be discussed and solved.

why not find the hadiths and quronic statements about how suicide bombing and other jihadi terrorist activities are sinful and thus try to stop the bleeding?

why not find the rulings and decrees about how dictatorship is sinful and suppressing people's vote is worse?

how about finding the true reason and timing of when the 1 man 4 women stuff was started and why that should be rendered illegal within sharia for present times?

instead of clinging to rules and customs that are insane and silly in current times and instead preserve the underlying morals and goals instead of the wrongly interpreted outwardly manifestations?

after all isn't a religion more about living that about God?

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Why not do a research on your own and if have question ask me in the light of quran and sunnah?

Why not got the library and ask for both Islamic and western review about this religion, " ** I S L A M ** "

Why not beside asking question , consult some religious authority that could clear your doubt?

The above posted stuff are Hadith.. and it's our belives to follow according to sunnah of the Holy prophet.

but seems like you are soo lost in finding any of the above question's answers that according to u who ever is trying to spread some religious knowledge is pathetic to post some material based on his research!

May you be guided.

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wow! sorry if I offended you. pls depersonalize.

so you think the question(s) about beard raises the religious consciousness more than finding peace and saving youth from exploding?

i am so well guided that if I were a missile I'll fetch a few million. except like I said, I don't believe in humanoid explosions

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if u dont act like a suspicious person and live a normal life and show modesty in your own faith... then what ever question arise would be shund down.... cause your reflect your self infront of people, then your apperance , then your faith and then they get to know your credibility...

Facial hair shouldnt come upfront.

and no I wasnt offended... but was directing you to the right track...

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by fadi_ali: *
if u dont act like a suspicious person and live a normal life and show modesty in your own faith... then what ever question arise would be shund down.... cause your reflect your self infront of people, then your apperance , then your faith and then they get to know your credibility...

Facial hair shouldnt come upfront.

and no I wasnt offended... but was directing you to the right track...
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hm! so why do you think 'clean shaven' is considered cleaner and breeding more of that 'credibility' these days than the unshaven dude? seems things are upside down!

but you're missing my point altogether. what's more important today? discussion of hiruite habits or stopping the bombinoids?

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More Imporant is to know what is YOUR FAITH... then find errors in it!

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if you mean me personally here is my experience.

I am a Hindu and I believe in all our true Gods. I don't find any errors in Hinduism. I do notice errors in the behavior or certain zealots.

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I think the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wassalam) once said that a time will come in His Ummah when the goodness of a Muslim will be measured not by his faith or his deeds but by the length of his beard.

How right He was!!

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Jagjeevan: *
if you mean me personally here is my experience.

I am a Hindu and I believe in all our true Gods. I don't find any errors in Hinduism. I do notice errors in the behavior or certain zealots.
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Did you notice in my first reply at the very end it did say,

May you be guided ?

That was the reason behind it.

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by fadi_ali: *

Did you notice in my first reply at the very end it did say,

May you be guided ?

That was the reason behind it.
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He is a hindu poking his nose where it don't belong..... why waste bandwidth.....

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Jagjeevan: *

hm! so why do you think 'clean shaven' is considered cleaner and breeding more of that 'credibility' these days than the unshaven dude? seems things are upside down!
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who considers the shaved ones as "clean" shaven? Muslims? Naah :p. In Islam that is a symbol of piety (though many a people abuse this symbol). but if someones changes his reference levels, does it really change the ABSOLUTE value? Naah again.

if you don't think a beard is not good thing, u are welcome to shave ur head too and remove those eyebrows as well to be "cleaner shaven" etc.

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but you're missing my point altogether. what's more important today? discussion of hiruite habits or stopping the bombinoids?
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what about stopping mobs who raid minority communities with help of state power? who rape women, cut pregnant women's stomach to take out and kill the unborn?

there are problems everywhere in all the societies, if you follow ur religion sincerely, honestly I am sure all religions suggest peace and harmony, then all problems will be solved (at least in terms of chaos in the society due to terrorism of all sorts).

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good one!

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Jagjeevan: *
why the heck does it matter if you have hair or not? this is a joke. what kind of nonsense is this kind of religious rules and discussions thereof in a world where there are some real issues that need to be discussed and solved.

why not find the hadiths and quronic statements about how suicide bombing and other jihadi terrorist activities are sinful and thus try to stop the bleeding?
so u still havent heard those verses and hadiths yet????
u shud try to be more informed

why not find the rulings and decrees about how dictatorship is sinful and suppressing people's vote is worse?
and no one told u such a form of government is not Islamic????

how about finding the true reason and timing of when the 1 man 4 women stuff was started and why that should be rendered illegal within sharia for present times?
did u even ever read the verse and see what it really means????
i doubt even those who have married four women even know that they r not permitted to do so....

after all isn't a religion more about living that about God?
Islam is more than a religion....

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good

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in reply to re is beard sunna or wajib

keeping beard in islam is sunnat as it was the practise of the beloved prophet hazrat mohammed-e-mustafa (s.a.w)

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do u have a beard dream?? everyone else who thinks it's a Sunnat do u have one?? if not then u guys are the biggest hypocrites alive.

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Well I have a beard. :)

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*Originally posted by PakistaniAbroad: *
do u have a beard dream?? everyone else who thinks it's a Sunnat do u have one?? if not then u guys are the biggest hypocrites alive.
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I'll keep the info about myself reserved. By what yardstick would make one a "hypocrite", Quran? yourself?

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No, the simple fact that these people emphasize the need and importance of 'sunnah', derive 'halaal/haraam' rulings from it and then conveniently pick and choose within.

anyone who believes and propagates the ludicrous 'opinions' against, and then visits these fora, beardless mind you, to communicate with females, watching images/movies, listens to music is a hypocrite by not doing what they tell others to do.