Shaving the beard and letting the garment hang below the ankles: Is he described as an open sinner or a sinner?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is the Muslim who shaves his beard and lets his garment hang below the ankles called an open sinner or a sinner? And is there a difference between the two?

Answer:
If he persists in a major sin, it is a major sin. Letting the garment hang below the ankles is a major sin because there is a warning against it, and if a warning is attached to a sin, it is a major sin. As for shaving the beard, it is forbidden, and it does not become a major sin unless he persists in it after being forbidden from it and it has been explained to him. If he persists, it becomes a major sin, transforming from a minor sin to a major sin.