Advice to students of knowledge who shave their beards and let their garments hang below the ankles
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The questioner:
He says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah keep you safe, what is your advice to students of knowledge who shave their beards, let their garments hang below the ankles, and wear what is not fitting for a student of knowledge?
The Shaykh:
What is the knowledge they are seeking? As long as they do not comply, they do not comply with what the knowledge commands and what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade isbal, and isbal is letting the garment hang below the ankles as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said So this is permissible; this is a lawful garment. So this is the issue of isbal and the issue of what?
The presenter:
The issue of its appearance.
The Shaykh:
The beard: the Messenger commanded to let the beard grow, to let it hang down, and to honor it. So the beard is not to be touched, neither by cutting, nor plucking, nor shaving, nor thinning. Rather, it is left as it is, because it is beauty for the man and a distinction between him and the woman. May Allah honor them with these beards. So it is a mark of manliness and a mark of nobility, so they should not remove it from their faces until their faces become like the faces of women. Yes.
He says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah keep you safe, what is your advice to students of knowledge who shave their beards, let their garments hang below the ankles, and wear what is not fitting for a student of knowledge?
The Shaykh:
What is the knowledge they are seeking? As long as they do not comply, they do not comply with what the knowledge commands and what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade isbal, and isbal is letting the garment hang below the ankles
Whatever hangs below the ankles is in the Fire
ما نزل عن الكعبين فهو في النارAnd what is from the ankles and above
وما كان من الكعبين فما فوقThe presenter:
The issue of its appearance.
The Shaykh:
The beard: the Messenger commanded to let the beard grow, to let it hang down, and to honor it. So the beard is not to be touched, neither by cutting, nor plucking, nor shaving, nor thinning. Rather, it is left as it is, because it is beauty for the man and a distinction between him and the woman. May Allah honor them with these beards. So it is a mark of manliness and a mark of nobility, so they should not remove it from their faces until their faces become like the faces of women. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-061-دور طالب العلم في حماية مجتمعه من الانحرافات الفكرية|صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (41:07)
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