Shaving the beard or mustache.. ?

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Bismillah walhamdulillah, wa sallallahu ^Ala Rasulillah,

It’s not explicitly unlawful (haram) for the person to shave his beard or shave his mustache.

It’s an Islamic recommendation for one to grow his beard and follow alsunna, teachings and doings of Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam). The one who leaves alsunna, which are the optional doings of Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) is not sinful, which means he will not be accounted for not doing it. But if one did this deed, and grew his beard and mustache for the sake of following alsunna of Prophet Muhammad, in Islam one gets reward by that.

There are some scholars that considered it haram to shave the beard, but the majority doesn’t say so.

Note: We advise Muslims brothers to grow the beard for the sake of Allah. Also know that it’s not haram also to fix the beard’s appearance and length. Some people have exaggerated about this matter and similar simple matters like this, be aware may Allah have mercy upon you.

Allah knows best.

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Ahmad G, one should not grow a beard just because he want to emulate sunnah (only in this regard). One should change his actions/amaal before growing a beard.

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Kaleem Bro: I do not have a beard but from your last line, it seems as if growing beard, because it is sunnah, is not **an amal **or **a good deed **in itself?

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AQ, it could be if the rest of your amaal are according to sunnah. I have seen peopel with beards ( and they will tell you that they have a beard because its sunnah) do things that even infidels will be ashamed of.

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Kaleem, I beg to differ. One may have many shortcomings, but that does not mean one should abstain from acting upon the Sunnah that is visible to others such as not keeping beard merely because one isn’t practicing enough yet. More or less the Sunnah also says that Muslims should look different from the Kuffar and growing a beard is one of the signs. Ie. trim your mustache and grow your beard. And Allah (SWT) Knows Best.

Here’s what I could find that makes sense to me so far:

http://www.islamtoday.com/show_detail_section.cfm?q_id=207&main_cat_id=4

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True. Very True. I just wanted to make you say it explicitly. However, asking someone not to have it is I guess a little too wrong.

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Sadiyah, the most important sunnahs we all need to follow is say five times prayers, speak the truth, be honest, and honor our promises/words. Trust me, these are more important than growing a beard so that we can claim that we are following a sunnah.

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Kaleem, no doubt about that. However, if for instance, I find that hijab is something that I could observe while I lack in other areas does not mean I leave it for later.

I would try to observe hijab and at the same time try to improve in other areas as well.

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^
so we take the whole of the book rather than rejecting some of it?

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Sadiyah, there are different levels of Imaan. One has to take it in steps. You cannot select the deeds that are convinient and claim that you are doing so because of sunnah. You have to progress in Imaan to understand and appreciate the religous edicts.

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Anwaar, absolutely.

Kaleem, we have a difference of opinion here. :)

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it is as if someone knows the time of his/her death. Planning to escalate imaan as if one knows when to have beard or when to start giving charity in his/her life.

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AQ, of course no one knows when one is going to die. You tell me what is more important to you...saying your prayers or having a beard?

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To add on, more or less imaan is never constant or cannot stay constant. It increases and decreases and we have to keep working on it.

May Allah (SWT) forgive me if I'm wrong.

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saying a prayer with a beard, probably.:stuck_out_tongue:

But as I said we can not ask people to shave their beard just because they lack other things like praying. Right?

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no we cannot. However, we cannot ask people to grow a beard just because it is sunnah either.

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However, if someone asks if it is obligatory to grow beard in Islam (in the light of Ahlul Sunnah wal Jamaah), you cannot ask them not to grow it till they are proficient in other areas of Islam.

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i think the keyword should be [can not] Force rather than [can not] ask

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Assalamualaikum,

it says in surah al Ahzab that “its not up to the BELIEVING men or women that when Allah and His Messenger have decided in a matter, that they should have a say in it”. and belivers are those who “hear and obey”

you can not decide whats more important and whats not. people before us (namely the jews) did the same thing. which was that they picked and chose what they liked and what they didnt. shame that you people here are doing the same thing. no doubt that prayer comes before beard but that doesnt mean that we ignore the beard. a true beliver and a true mo’min wouldnt ignore any part of shriah (Islamic law).

you have to do all acts of Islam. but its not a force on you .if for some VALID reason you can not grow or keep the beard then there is ease too. but that doesnt mean that we pick and chose whats easy and leave whats hard. we have to follow prophet Muhammad and his companions and the rigteous people after them. not our own whims and desires.

the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) who said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Ten (actions) are part of the fitrah [natural inclinations of man]: trimming the moustache, letting the beard grow, using the siwaak (tooth-stick), rinsing the nose with water, clipping the nails, washing the finger joints, plucking the armpit hairs, shaving the pubes and washing oneself with water after relieving oneself.”

Zakariyya said: Mus’ab said: And I forgot the tenth but it may have been rinsing the mouth with water.

And it was narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say:** “Be different from the mushrikeen: let your beards grow and trim your moustaches.”**

   (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5892; Muslim, 259)

because of the hadith mentioned above it is said that **It is haraam for men to shave their beards

** The great scholar Ibn Muflih (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

   Ibn Hazm stated that      there was scholarly consensus saying that trimming the moustache and letting      the beard grow are obligatory.

one request to you Ahmad G, please provide your source of information other wise dont post it. because its hard to trust when there’s no proof to back yourself up. i have nothing against you thought and im not calling you bad or anything. but i hope you udnerstand what i mean.

no harsh feelings i hope :flower1:

w’salam

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^hahah..so be different from the mushkreen because they don't have beards. Vah ji Vah!! what about if beards are in? Are you going to chiknafy yourself?

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