I think the majority of (classical?) scholars and people here agree that a beard is obligatory, but they differ on the length. There are many who claim that it's just sunnah though, and that it's not required for us. I believe they make the argument that the commandment for a beard was for the people at the time of the Prophet, since they had to differentiate from the polytheists. Dunno which one is technically the correct one but I think both sides have grounds for their positions.
Dear Brother! Beard is not clearly mentioned in Quran as a fard.But it's a sunnah of Noble Prophet SAW.We should love and respect all sunnah of Prophet SAW.But shaving beard after having beard as sunnah considered to be haram by many scholars.
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There will always be a difference of opinion on this. In the Shafi madhab it's classed as Haraam, by scholars such as Ibn Hazim and Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, but it's not the strongest opinion within the madhab itself. But the vast majority of scholars its seen as obligatory.
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But shaving beard after having beard as sunnah considered to be haram by many scholars.
Which scholars? Where did they derive this ruling from?
Do not think of minor sins as insignificant,
for mountains are made out of pebbles...
I know the answer, but I still need to know what you guys think, since people have maaaany diffrent views.
I found some interesting hadith:
Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: "Anyone who shaves has no claim to the mercy of Allah"
- Reported by Ibn Abbas (R.A.) in Tibrabi
More importantly, we need to realize that we don't take the issue of the beard and start looking down on people because they don't grow it. It's not the highest thing on the list of priorities. There are a lot of Muslims who genuinely believe that is sunnah and not obligatory, and they are going to be judged on that belief because they thought it was correct.
For example the hadeeth you've quoted, how authentic is it? What is the Arabic? How have the scholars understood it in the wide spectrum of texts? Who is it referring to? What was the context in which it was said? Who was it said to? In what circumstance did the Prophet (saw) say that statement? Is it referring to people who genuinely believe it's a sunnah or is it referring to people who believe it is wajib but refuse to grow it based on arrogance?
All of these are very important questions that need to be asked and the answers understood before we use these types of hadeeth to put down other Muslims. I'm not saying you are, but sometimes its a close distance between quoting these kinds of hadeeth and then pointing fingers at another Muslim and saying, 'it applies to you'.
i just wana say "if u love ur prophet PBUH, then remember once there was some ppl, who were not Muslims and came from Iran to meet prophet PBUH. they had shaved their beard and they had long mustaches. Prophet PBUH when saw these ppl, He turned his face from them and suhaba RA said that we see a sign of anger on prophet PBUH face. and then HE said to these ppl that y u ppl have shaved beard. they replied our king/lord had ordered this. Prophet PBUH said that my Lord had ordered me to increase beard and shorten mustaches. Prophet PBUH was so angry that He dont even talk with them and said that go away, i will talk u 2maorrow.
even they are not Muslims but u see how much prophet PBUH was upset with them bcz of this act. so think if we Muslims do this, how will we face prophet PBUH on day of judgment...surely we have no LOve and care for the feeling of Prophet PBUH in our heart...we need to learn iman.
More importantly, we need to realize that we don't take the issue of the beard and start looking down on people because they don't grow it. It's not the highest thing on the list of priorities. There are a lot of Muslims who genuinely believe that is sunnah and not obligatory, and they are going to be judged on that belief because they thought it was correct.
For example the hadeeth you've quoted, how authentic is it? What is the Arabic? How have the scholars understood it in the wide spectrum of texts? Who is it referring to? What was the context in which it was said? Who was it said to? In what circumstance did the Prophet (saw) say that statement? Is it referring to people who genuinely believe it's a sunnah or is it referring to people who believe it is wajib but refuse to grow it based on arrogance?
All of these are very important questions that need to be asked and the answers understood before we use these types of hadeeth to put down other Muslims. I'm not saying you are, but sometimes its a close distance between quoting these kinds of hadeeth and then pointing fingers at another Muslim and saying, 'it applies to you'.
Asalaamu Alaikum, According to Sheikh Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam:
The great Hadith master, Imam al-Nawawi (Allah have mercy on him) states in his renowned commentary of Sahih Muslim:
The words: A'fu, Awfu. Arkhu, Arju and Waffiru have all been used; the meaning of all of which is to leave the beard as it is." (Sharh Sahih Muslim, 3/151)
In the above narrations, the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) explicitly commanded the growing of the beard. According to the scholars of the "science of juristic principles" (usul al-Fiqh), the explicit command (amr) of the Qur'an and Sunnah signifies the obligatory nature of an act (al-Amr li al-Wujub) unless otherwise proven. (See, for example: al-Nasafi, Kashf al-Asrar Sharh al-Manar, 1/37 for the Hanafi school, al-Baji, Ihkam al-Fusul fi Ahkam al-Usul, p.79 for the Maliki school, al-Shirazi, al-Luma' for the Shafi'i school and Ibn Badran, Nuzhat al-Khatir al-Atir, 2/43 for the Hanbali school).
The Messenger of Allah's (Allah bless him & give him peace) constant practice was also that of keeping a beard:
5) Abu Ma'mar relates that we asked Khabbab (Allah be pleased with him) whether the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) used to recite the Qur'an in the Zuhr and the Asr prayers. He replied in the affirmative. We said, "How did you come to know of this?" He replied, "From the movement of his beard." (Sahih al-Bukhari1/971 & Sunan Abu Dawud, no. 801)
6) Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) performed ablution (wudhu), he would take a handful of water and put it under his jaws and pass it through his beard. He said, "This is what my Lord ordered me to do." (Sunan Abu Dawud, no. 145, Sunan al-Bayhaqi, 1.54 and authenticated by al-Hakim)
7) Sayyiduna Jabir ibn Abd Allah (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace).......had a thick beard...." (Sahih Muslim, no. 1823)
The four Sunni schools of Islamic law (madhhabs) also quite clearly mention the impermissibility of shaving the beard:
The Hanafi School
The great Hanafi jurist, Imam al-Haskafi (Allah have mercy on him) states in his Durr al-Mukhtar:
"It is unlawful for one to trim his beard....And as for shortening it when it is less than a fistful, as some North Africans and effeminate men do, this is something no one (i.e. of the Hanafi scholars) has said is permitted." (See: Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Durr al-Mukhtar, 2/113, Kitab al-Sawm)
This position is also confirmed in other works, such as al-Bahr al-Ra'iq, Fath al-Qadir, al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya, Bada'i al-Sana'i and al-Ikhtiyar.
The Maliki School
Imam al-Dasuqi (Allah have mercy on him) states:
"It is unlawful (haram) for a man to shave off his beard, and the perpetrator will be disciplined." (Hashiyat al-Dasuqi ala Sharh al-Kabir, 1/90, Kitab al-Taharah)
The Shafi'i school
It is stated in Sharh al-Ubab:
"The two shaykhs of the school (i.e. Nawawi & Rafi'i) state that it is Makruh (disliked) to shave the beard, but Ibn al-Rif'a objected to this stating that Imam Shafi'i (Allah have mercy on him) himself categorically mentioned in his book "al-Umm" that shaving the beard is unlawful (haram). Imam al-Azra'i said that the correct position of the school is that, to shave the beard without a valid medical reason is unlawful." (Sharh al-Ubab & Hashiya Ibn Qasim al-Abbadi, 9/376)
Imam Ibn Qasim al-Abbadi also stated in his Hashiya:
"It is said that, shaving of the beard is unlawful." (See: Hashiya Ibn Qasim al-Abbadi ala Tuhfat al-Muhtaj, 2/468, Kitab al-Salat)
The Hanbali School
Imam al-Bahuti (Allah have mercy on him) states:
"(From the acts of nature (fitrah) is to lengthen the beard in a way that it should not be trimmed at all. It is stated in the school that, this is as long as it does not become abnormally long in a way that it causes abhorrence. And it is unlawful (haram) to shave it off." (Kashaf al-Qina', 1/75).
This is also confirmed in the other major Hanbali works, such as: al-Insaf, 1/121 by al-Mawardi, Sharh Muntaha al-Iradat, 1/85 by al-Bahuti and al-Rawdh al-Murbi', 27-28 also by al-Bahuti.
The above statements of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) and the statements of the jurist (fuqaha) go a long way in proving that to shave the beard (or trimming it to a very thin line which in effect is shaving) is unlawful (haram). A Muslim (and especially one who classes himself to be practicing) can never look with favour towards the act of shaving the beard.
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