Distinguishing Between Letting the Head Hair Grow and the Beard
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Question:
May Allah bless you. The truth is, the questioner is asking about the issue of head hair and growing it long, and what you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) regarding the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). This is a matter that is undoubtedly important. However, some people distort matters; you find, for example, that one shortens his obedience to Allah, or, for example, shaves the hair that the Lawgiver commanded to be left long, such as the beard, shaving the beard hair, while exaggerating in growing his head hair long, and he is in a state of softness and fragility. I do not know what your guidance is in this?
Answer:
As for shaving the beard, cutting it, or taking anything from it, this is forbidden; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded to let the beards grow, to leave them long, and to honor them, in order to differ from the polytheists, the Zoroastrians, the Jews, and the Christians. Also, this is in accordance with the Sunnahs of fitrah (the innate natural disposition) and the Sunnahs of the Prophets. Also, it is to perfect manliness; because the beard is beauty for a person, and shaving it is ugliness. In addition to it being imitation (tashabbuh), it contains ugliness, and it is a contradiction of the Sunnah. So it is not permissible for a Muslim to shave his beard or to take anything from it. As for the head, as mentioned, there is a detailed ruling in it. But the criterion is the intentions: if he leaves his head hair long following the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and treats it in the same way the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) treated his hair, then this is a recommended practice (sunnah). As for the one who leaves his head hair long in imitation of the disbelievers or the hippies called "beetles," then this is forbidden, and this is not following the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
And the evidence for the difference between the two matters is: if he treats his hair in the same way the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) treated his hair, then this is praiseworthy. But if he leaves his hair in the manner that disbelievers, open sinners, and those with bad character leave it, then this is the condemned imitation (tashabbuh). Yes.
May Allah bless you. The truth is, the questioner is asking about the issue of head hair and growing it long, and what you mentioned (may Allah preserve you) regarding the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). This is a matter that is undoubtedly important. However, some people distort matters; you find, for example, that one shortens his obedience to Allah, or, for example, shaves the hair that the Lawgiver commanded to be left long, such as the beard, shaving the beard hair, while exaggerating in growing his head hair long, and he is in a state of softness and fragility. I do not know what your guidance is in this?
Answer:
As for shaving the beard, cutting it, or taking anything from it, this is forbidden; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded to let the beards grow, to leave them long, and to honor them, in order to differ from the polytheists, the Zoroastrians, the Jews, and the Christians. Also, this is in accordance with the Sunnahs of fitrah (the innate natural disposition) and the Sunnahs of the Prophets. Also, it is to perfect manliness; because the beard is beauty for a person, and shaving it is ugliness. In addition to it being imitation (tashabbuh), it contains ugliness, and it is a contradiction of the Sunnah. So it is not permissible for a Muslim to shave his beard or to take anything from it. As for the head, as mentioned, there is a detailed ruling in it. But the criterion is the intentions: if he leaves his head hair long following the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and treats it in the same way the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) treated his hair, then this is a recommended practice (sunnah). As for the one who leaves his head hair long in imitation of the disbelievers or the hippies called "beetles," then this is forbidden, and this is not following the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
And the evidence for the difference between the two matters is: if he treats his hair in the same way the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) treated his hair, then this is praiseworthy. But if he leaves his hair in the manner that disbelievers, open sinners, and those with bad character leave it, then this is the condemned imitation (tashabbuh). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما سنة النبي ﷺ في حلق شعر الرأس وهل كان لا يحلقه إلا في الحج أو العمرة؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com (1:55)
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