Re: Wives warning / threatening their husbands not to keep a beard
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it has nothing to do with the love for our Prophet
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I dont know, I think it can have something to do with love for the Prophet peace be upon him, but does not necessarily have to have anything to do with it, if you know what I mean. Like just because a man has a beard it does not automatically mean that his heart is exploding with love for Rasool Allah pbuh, because of course even nonMuslims have beards and even the Prophet's enemies had beards. But someone can grow a beard, out of love for the Prophet, to follow his way. Like if we look around us today, we see the different icons and celebrities and sports figures that guys and girls adore, take as role models, look up to, want to be like. They think these people are so cool and so amazing and so whatever, so they try to act like them and also dress like them. Why else would anyone pay what they do for clothes, perfume, shoes etc endorsed by these people. So going back to what I was saying, I think we can understand beard in the same way too. For a man who loves the Prophet pbuh, he might want to show the depth of his love through his actions, by following the example of the Prophet pbuh, as you rightly mentioned chanda, like fulfilling the fard obligations, being kind, helpful, compassionate and respectful, being charitable and truthful and humble...etc. So in other words taking him as your role model, because he was and is the best example for us, of how to live our life, how to please Allah and how to come closer to Allah. Again, Im not saying that if a man has a beard it automatically means he is a great Muslim and truly loves the Prophet pbuh and any man who doesnt have one, he doesnt really love him ---Im just saying how having a beard can have something to do with love for the Prophet pbuh and love for his sunnah