Do You Have a Beard?

[mahussain3]

Glorified be He who beautifies women with long locks of hair
And Men with long beards
There is beauty in the beard
Aye, there is beauty in the beard!

When the lion roars all the animals submit
For the lion is the king of the jungle
The lion with its glorious mane
And a Muslim man grows his mane in pride
Showing the rest of humanity that he is to be respected
Can one imagine a lion without its mane?
Nay, thou canst not!
Then imagine a man without his beard

Woe to worldly women who mock the beards so!
Desiring husbands with clean shaven faces
Woe to women who mock the Prophets Sunnah
In the name of hygiene, neatness and smooth texture
Indeed the women of this world cannot like the beard
But she who wants
Paradise adores the beard!

A beard is a gift given to man
Something only he can grow; a woman never can!
When he ponders, he gently strokes it;
When he eats, it stores food;
When he is with kids, they play with it adoringly;
When he is with his wife, she fondles it lovingly;
When the enemy see it, fear is struck in their hearts!
Ah! there is indeed beauty in the beard!

All the Prophets had beards - yes they did!
Muhammad had a beard - so big! so big!
All the companions had beards - o yes! o yes!
All the sages had beards - I know! I know!
All the wise have beards - tis true! tis true!
All the pious have beards - you see! you see!
All the Muslims have beards!? - if only! if only!

Who did not have beards? The kafirun!
Who had clean shaven faces? The kafirun!
Who grew their moustaches? The kafirun!
"And what did our Prophet order?" I here you ask
He ordered us to lengthen the beard and trim the moustache!
Lengthen the beard and trim the moustache!
What greater reason that this can there be
The fact that our Prophet told us to see
That we make ourselves appear to the world
As full bearded men with honour untold

O Muslim brother! Why do you desire to look like a woman
When your blessed facial hair is the differece between you and the opposite gender?
O poor Muslim brother! Why do you imitate the kafir
Instead of following the Prophet of Islam?
O silly Muslim sister! Why are you so blind?
Infatuated with Bollywood actors who have no mind!
O wretched sister! Are you not scared of your choice?
You would rather have a feminine monkey instead of an exalted manly ape!

So indeed I love my beard
And adore the curls and tangles
Which no oil, gel or superglue can ever straighten
My glorious long, curly, messy, fluffy beard!
The playhouse for kids;
And the beloved of Allah!
I maybe rejected by worldly women because of this hair on my face
But who care! For my Mum loves it and she puts all such sisters to disgrace!
Be patient Muslim brothers, who shun the trendy look for a Prophetic pose
Paradise with the wide eyed Houris is our final abode!!!!!

 

[Mabsoot]

assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa baraakatuh

Jazak Allahu khayr brother for the thread. I am sure that you mean well with making the thread to inform our brothers on the obligation of the beard for them. THe following is just some advice, not particularly aimed at anyone, it is general.

The beard is indeed from our Deen, it is also something that is commanded upon men to do.

I deleted many posts here as well as closed the poll. To ask for people's comments on whether they have a beard or not, is not a good thing. Similarly to ask if someone wears the hijab or not.

Firstly, because it is an act of worship (obeying / disobeying Allah), it should be done discretely, those who do not have beards are sinning, it is not good to share in this "news". Similar to asking if someone has done any other obligation or neglected it. So, when a brother says "No, I do not", its simply giving them a place to mention a fault of theirs. This is something between that person and their Lord, unless they are seeking help and advice. Infact, the option in the poll was

"No,Sorry I am still not Following the Sunnah of Beard." -

This infers that the apology is directed towards other people, whereas infact, we should be keeping the beard for Allah's sake. There is no need to apologise or say sorry. Forgiveness for not following an Islamic duty should be sought from Allah alone.

It may sound like a small issue, something subtle, perhaps even was written without much thought, but in the scheme of things, when it comes to our deen, we need to be thinking in detail and preciseness. Many people keep beards, hijabs due to the pressure upon them from people - Forced pressure OR to impress - . If it is not done for Allah's sake, then it is of no value at all and it incurs that person sin. May Allah keep us free from such minor shirk. Amin.

This is why, when we call people to Islam, lets not dwell too long on matters such as these, it takes time to really appreciate and accept certain issues. Imaan is built upon correct knowledge of Islaam, which itself is built by submission to Allah subhana wa ta'ala. Remember, that our hearts prostrate to Allah, before our heads do.

Secondly, it was bizarre for sisters to add their comments and say they do not have beards. This does not befit their standing, in terms of the mannerisms that Muslim women should have, by joking in such a way. Dear sisters, compose yourselves with honour and dignity. Even, I would suggest that both brothers and sisters only write replies if there is a real benefit in doing so, as the Prophet Muhammad (salallahu alayhi wa salam) Said, “Speak a good word or remain silent”.

Thirdly, the Beard or the hijab are not the foundation stones of our Deen. People place too much importance on the outer, whilst neglecting the inner which is based on Tawheed and having right belief in Aqeedah. Many times, I have heard brothers and sisters complain about others and one of their critisisms or judgements comes whilst mentioning the outer. So a sister will remark about how such and such girl or group of girls were not wearing hijabs, or that they had makeup, at same time she may not have gone to advise them sincerely. Perhaps, those girls did not know about the Islamic rulings or they are new to practising the Deen.

Similarly, there are brothers who do not approach other brothers or give them salams in the masjid. They stay in their own little cliques and groups. But, our Prophet Muhammad (salallahu alayhi wa salam) told us to "spread the Salams". We should greet the Muslim people who we do not know as well as those we know. We must give the exact same love to any Muslim, regardless of anything else.

Often people link the external with the internal, so they assume someone with a beard will be "pious", or someone without is "worthless", but we should know that Allah knows what is in our hearts and the hearts of others. We should keep our hearts and minds open to all people and be sincere in how we live our lives as well as how we interact with others.

Our belief in Allah, Knowing the Obligations we have towards Allah, towards His Messenger and also how we are towards other Muslims come before anything else. Good manners, akhlaq and adaab are extremely important, obligations. As well as Husn Dhann, having good thoughts about another Muslim, making excuses for them and also excusing them for any mistakes they may have made.

So, I hope that you and anyone else can excuse and forgive me, if I have made mistakes, amin.