Re: Of changes, dignity and moustachio
^ agree
here is part of an article by Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam:
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The trimming and shortening of the moustache has been emphatically mentioned in many narrations of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace), as we have seen above, thus, there is no need to repeat these narrations.
The Hadiths from the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) mention two things:
1) Some state, “Shorten your moustaches.”
2) Others state, “Remove your moustaches.” (See: Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim).
Thus, all the Schools of Islamic law agree on the fact that, it is impermissible to leave the moustache in a way that it covers the upper lip, for it is against the Sunnah and unhygienic, especially when eating. It would be unlawful to grow a very long moustache, as is customary in many people.
Zayd ibn Arqam (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said: “Whosoever does not shorten his moustache is not one from us.” (Sunan Tirmizi, no. 2761, Sunan Nasa’i, no. 14 and Musnad Ahmad, 4/366, and Imam al-Tirmizi classed it to be authentic).
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