The Ruling on Trimming the Beard
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Question:
Yusuf from Riyadh, please go ahead, Yusuf. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. How are you? How are you? How is your evening, I mean? Please go ahead. I will ask you: What is the ruling on trimming the beard?
Answer:
My brother, the beard must be grown, left long, and allowed to hang down as it is in the authentic hadiths. It is not permissible to subject it to shaving, cutting, or plucking. Rather, it remains and is left as Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) created it. It is the beauty of the man and the distinguishing mark between him and the woman. Therefore, one should not harm his beard. The scholars mentioned that if a person harms another person’s beard such that it does not grow back, he is liable for full blood money. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Yusuf from Riyadh, please go ahead, Yusuf. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. How are you? How are you? How is your evening, I mean? Please go ahead. I will ask you: What is the ruling on trimming the beard?
Answer:
My brother, the beard must be grown, left long, and allowed to hang down as it is in the authentic hadiths. It is not permissible to subject it to shaving, cutting, or plucking. Rather, it remains and is left as Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) created it. It is the beauty of the man and the distinguishing mark between him and the woman. Therefore, one should not harm his beard. The scholars mentioned that if a person harms another person’s beard such that it does not grow back, he is liable for full blood money. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (081) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-03-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (16:36)
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