Who Says That Shaving the Beard Is a Recommended Practice
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Question:
If a person says that shaving the beard is a recommended practice, believing that to be the case while denying its obligation, does he become a disbeliever?
Answer:
If someone mocks the Sunnah, whether it be the beard, trimming the mustache, using the miswak, or any of the other established Sunnahs of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and says, "These are mere shells, these are trivialities," then he apostatizes from the religion of Islam, because he has ridiculed and mocked something of what came from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
If a person says that shaving the beard is a recommended practice, believing that to be the case while denying its obligation, does he become a disbeliever?
Answer:
If someone mocks the Sunnah, whether it be the beard, trimming the mustache, using the miswak, or any of the other established Sunnahs of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and says, "These are mere shells, these are trivialities," then he apostatizes from the religion of Islam, because he has ridiculed and mocked something of what came from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 19من279/من قال بان حلق اللحية سنة/أسئلة شرح نواقض الآسلام/صالح الفوزان/كبار العلماء/عقيدة — youtube.com
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