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Sunnah or Fard?
Sunnah or Fard?
As Salaamu Alaikum, if it is fard y r the majority of ME men sporting only moustache? Iraqi, Qatari, Saudi, what's going on with that?it is fard and and shaving the beard is haram as well.
Ruling on shaving the beard
What is the ruling on shaving the beard or removing part of it?
Praise be to Allaah.
Shaving the beard is haraam because of the saheeh ahaadeeth that clearly state this, and because of the general application of texts that forbid resembling the kuffaar. One of these reports is the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar who said that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Be different from the mushrikeen: let your beards grow and trim your moustaches.” According to another report: “Trim your moustaches and let your beards grow.” There are other hadeeth which convey the same meaning, which is to leave the beard as it is and let it grow long, without shaving, plucking or cutting any part of it. Ibn Hazm reported that there was scholarly consensus that it is an obligation (fard) to trim the moustache and let the beard grow. He quoted a number of ahaadeeth as evidence, including the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) quoted above, and the hadeeth of Zayd ibn Arqam in which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever does not remove any of his moustache is not one of us.” (Classed as saheeh by al-Tirmidhi). Ibn Hazm said in al-Furoo’: “This is the way of our colleagues [i.e., the Hanbalis].”
Is it haraam (to shave it)? Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “The Qur’aan, Sunnah and ijmaa’ (scholarly consensus) all indicate that we must differ from the kuffaar in all aspects and not imitate them, because imitating them on the outside will make us imitate them in their bad deeds and habits, and even in beliefs, which will result in befriending them in our hearts, just as loving them in our hearts will lead to imitating them on the outside. Al-Tirmidhi reported that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “He is not one of us who imitates people other than us. Do not imitate the Jews and Christians.” According to another version: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” (Reported by Imaam Ahmad) ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab rejected the testimony of the person who plucked his beard. Imaam Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr said in al-Tamheed: “It is forbidden to shave the beard, and no one does this except men who are effeminate” i.e., those who imitate women. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had a thick beard (reported by Muslim from Jaabir). It is not permitted to remove any part of the beard because of the general meaning of the texts which forbid doing so.
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Sunnah or Fard?
Answer from my favorite sheikh, Yusuf Estes
http://www.youtubeislam.com/video/408/Having-a-beard
But personally I think the beard has caught attention in the mainstream media due to the popularity of rocker band having long beard. When I first saw a bearded brother the first thing come to my mind was. "that guy is cool, he's like Serj Tankian from System of Down"
You can be cool and bearded at the same time
Little info:
Serj Tankian is from Lebanon so there is a high possibility he is a muslim, Don't know about whether he is practicing or not.
beard is something specialists in Islam say various talks about.
some say this is fard , some say it is sunna and some say it was the habit followed in the arabia in the age of the prophet so it is something more related to the environment than worshipping
you can take any of these opinions
So everytime we shave we are creating a sin?
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Yes every time one shave he is doing sin and if you shave and look in mirror and say i am looking good than its double sin
One Shaving
Secondly liking your face's resembles to Kufars than that of the Holy Prophet Peace Be Upon Him.
i do not agree with you
it is sunna but not fard
As-salaamu `alaykum.
And we don't agree with you; you say it is sunnah, but don't mention a single proof for it. Alhamdulillaah, those who know it is fard know the proofs for them, and provided them for us!
was-salaam
i do not agree with you
it is sunna but not fard
the reasoning behind not shaving the beard is to differentiate the Muslims from the Mushrikeens? I was always thought that a beard was a sunnah. Are we to follow everything that the Prophet Muhammad has done. This may sound controversial but i always pondered upon the notion of accessibility. During the Prophet Muhammad's (SAWS) there were not forks or spoons. Are we to maintain a lifestyle of eating with our bare hands or should with use these utensils?
Sunnah or Fard?