Is it allowed for a man to shave his beard and facial hair after completing umrah?
If man shaves his head bold, then decides to shave facial hair - is this allowed?
If not please provide reasons and proof, and also as far as I know it is NOT fard to keep beard , but sunnah.
Asalaamualaykum Dear brother in Islam:
(This is a response to both your quotes thus far in the thread)
Firstly I dont think you would find issues regarding shaving the head.
As far as the beard is concerned - before divulging into that answer, it is of the utmost importance for you to ask yourself if you asking:
1. What is the Shariah ruling regarding the issue ?
OR
2. What will Allah SWT response be on the day of your reckoning?
If you dont know what you yourself are really asking then peoples answers regarding this will seem fruitless.
I will try to answer both for you.
The Shariah ruling regarding this matter across all four madahib is that it is haraam to shave the beard. It is only within the Maaliki madhab that a dispute of what is regarded as the beard comes into play. After that definition is clarified - then it cycles back to the first principle that whatever that definition is, it is still Haraam to shave that portion. The other issue that comes into play is the length (but that wont make a difference here as you are not asking about the length)
If you asking what will the judgement of Allah SWT be to the omission of the beard - then unfortunately no person in the entire forum can answer that as only Allah SWT knows what mercy he will show and what punishment he will render. What we do know as Muslims is that in this limited life we have do as much as we can in good deeds as it will be the good deeds that will earn the mercy of Allah SWT be it Fard, Wajib, Sunnah Muakada, Ghair sunnah muakada, Nafl Etc.
It will be a weakness of understanding in Islam to think that should one do just the Fardh Actions then it is sufficient to enter Jannah. If this was the case, then the prophet SAW would have only demonstrated Fardh actions. In fact - for a person to think that Fardh is all we need is indirectly insulting Rasool SAW because we will be implying inadvertently that he wasted his time showing us actions besides Fardh.
I always give people this analogy regarding the Sunnah.
The Fardh of Islam is like bricks. The Sunnah & remainder actions are like the plaster that binds the bricks.
We all are in the struggle just like you.
All you can do is try your best.
Wasalaam.
