Strongly Considering Conversion

Mohammed came to me in voice and so did Allah. I do not have a lot of knowledge; but I know I should not be like I can hear and they cannot. I have muct to learn and much to say. I am converting.

My beard is thick and grows long. Am I allowed to grow it? Or do I need to study more? Where can I get a fine taqiyah? Where can i get a fine thobe?

Salam! Welcome to the forum, having a beard is a great thing to do, as it is following the Sunnah,however just so you are aware, not all schools of thought say it is mandatory to grow a beard, eg my family are sunni maliki's and a lot of the men in my family do not grow beards.
And lastly,this may come across as a personal opinion,but as long as you dress modestly,then there is no need to wear a thobe etc,you can wear modest "western" clothing.

I'd like to wear a thobe and taqiyah taqiyah for Ramadan.

I bought a black taqiyah and a green and gold prayer rug. I didn't buy a thobe, but I will. Does the color mean anything?

format_quote Originally Posted by cinnamonrolls1

Salam! Welcome to the forum, having a beard is a great thing to do, as it is following the Sunnah,however just so you are aware, not all schools of thought say it is mandatory to grow a beard, eg my family are sunni maliki's and a lot of the men in my family do not grow beards.
And lastly,this may come across as a personal opinion,but as long as you dress modestly,then there is no need to wear a thobe etc,you can wear modest "western" clothing.

CR : You are 100% correct on the clothing part. As long as the clothes is modest that is fine, and also does not impede in Salaah.

Another point - Can please clarify the Maliki position on the beard as I was under the impression that all 4 Madhabs promote the beard however the definition of that beard differs in certain groups within Maliki. I have never heard that Maliki allows not growing the beard at all.

format_quote Originally Posted by samirbrazendale

CR : You are 100% correct on the clothing part. As long as the clothes is modest that is fine, and also does not impede in Salaah.

Another point - Can please clarify the Maliki position on the beard as I was under the impression that all 4 Madhabs promote the beard however the definition of that beard differs in certain groups within Maliki. I have never heard that Maliki allows not growing the beard at all.

wa aleikum a salam, sorry i think i got confused on the school of thought thing-im still new to them as my family placed much more emphasis on reading the actual quran and hadith etc in general than from a maliki perspective. The Shafi’s say that the beard is Sunnah and that to shave is makruh (disliked) but not haram.
However, about growing a beard being considered fard(mandatory) by other schools of thought,what if a man is unable to grow a full beard?

format_quote Originally Posted by samirbrazendale

CR : You are 100% correct on the clothing part. As long as the clothes is modest that is fine, and also does not impede in Salaah.

Another point - Can please clarify the Maliki position on the beard as I was under the impression that all 4 Madhabs promote the beard however the definition of that beard differs in certain groups within Maliki. I have never heard that Maliki allows not growing the beard at all.

So yeah, sorry about that!

Brother the last forum you made u said the same thing but you said you still believe Jesus Christ is the son of god I have no problems with your beliefs but you need to know your Islam won't be accepted by allah unless you drop these beliefs If you allready dropped the belief then I'm sorry for adding this to it

format_quote Originally Posted by RealityIsCandy

Hi there.

I am getting serious about converting. My name is Sean. I have a lot of questions and a lot to learn about Islam even though I've read the Quran. Hope I am welcome here. Peace and Blessings to Mohammed.

Peace and blessings to those who seek guidance to their Creator

Welcome brother please give good read to this link in post # 6

format_quote Originally Posted by RealityIsCandy

Hi there.

I am getting serious about converting. My name is Sean. I have a lot of questions and a lot to learn about Islam even though I've read the Quran. Hope I am welcome here. Peace and Blessings to Mohammed.

Salam aleykum brother,if any questions you can write here

format_quote Originally Posted by talibilm

Peace to those who seek guidance to their Creator,Brother

Welcome to Islam and please read the following link

http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthrea...d-informations post 6






I do not think any imaam of any thoughts denied or discouraged or gave less importance for keeping beard but they gave it importance too but the hanafi imaam puts it at wajib and such haadith like this will validate his opinion

Bukhari Volume 9, Book 93, Number 651 :Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-KhudriThe Prophet said, "There will emerge from the East some people who will recite the Qur'an but it will not exceed their throats and who will go out of (renounce) the religion (Islam) as an arrow passes through the game, and they will never come back to it unless the arrow, comes back to the middle of the bow (by itself) (i.e., impossible). The people asked, "What will their signs be?" He said, "Their sign will be the habit of shaving (of their beards). (Fateh Al-Bari, Page 322, Vol. 17th)

Not to forget that beard was the sunnah of ALL PROPHETS , see images of Jesus, Moses or others so called prophets which the Israliyat claim to be the portraits of prophets you would see them with a beard. But our sunnah is to keep beard about a fist level and make it to appear beautiful maintaining it (hadith) . But even less than a fist is ok is the other opinion but shaving is seriously discouraged by the above hadith Its not worth taking the risk of Misguidance as mentioned in the above Sahih hadith. By keeping a Beard you will be saved from the FITNA of bad women and if not you might have to settle down with a Bad wife about whom Hadiths refer as a HELL in this world. Good Pious women will like Men with Beard of sunnah and A Good wife is a Heaven in this world as per the same Hadith.Therefore who are not comfortable with grwoing a lengthy beard at least Do not shave and at least keep a thin beard or a goaty for seeking the pleasure of Allah swt ONLY, But the Most preferred will be a fist size because there are hadith about it



Then its ok , which is not in his power , Allah will never burden a person more than his power is known from the Noble Quran verse.

To grow in the sense not to shave if one is naturally having it . If he does not have one its not compulsory or necessary to grow it by transplanting it by any other method like a plant or chickens in a hatchery , lol.

Thanks for clarifying for me!