Re: Wives warning / threatening their husbands not to keep a beard
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For your information Wajib is equivalent to Fard in Islamic dictionary
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According to the majority of scholars yes. However, in the Hanafi madhab for example, there is a difference between fard and wajib. According to them, denying a fard takes you out of the fold of Islam but denying a wajib does not. Like for example, someone who says "praying five times a day is not obligatory, you dont have to pray" (different from someone who says "I know praying is fard but Im too lazy/busy/tired, so I wont", this person isnt denying a fard, but they are sinning). Also, the term fard is used for acts that are agreed without a single doubt to be obligatory, like prayer, fasting. Wajib is used for acts whose proof there can be a difference of opinion amongst the scholars. So everytime the terms fard and wajib are used they dont necessarily mean the exact same thing