The ruling on the one who says that the reason for letting the beard grow is to differ from the Magians and the Christians, and that it is not obligatory
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The questioner : Well, if you allow me, Honorable Shaykh, some of those who claim to be scholars say that the reason for letting the beard grow is to differ from the Magians and the Christians, as in the hadith, and that this reason no longer exists because they let their beards grow.
The Shaykh : Yes, our answer to this is:
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : From two angles. The first angle is that letting the beard grow is not solely for the sake of differing, but it is from the fitrah (the innate natural disposition), as established in Sahih Muslim. Letting the beard grow is from the fitrah upon which Allah created people, and they find it pleasing and find what is other than it repulsive.
Second, the Jews, Christians, and Magians today do not all let their beards grow, nor even a quarter of them; rather, most of them shave their beards, as is observed and is the reality. A third angle is that if a ruling is established by the Shari'ah for a specific meaning, and this ruling is in accordance with the fitrah or with one of the symbols of Islam, it remains even if the cause disappears. Do you not see that running between Safa and Marwah during tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah) was caused by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions wanting to display their skin and strength before the polytheists who said, "They are a people whom the heat of Yathrib has weakened"? And yet this cause disappeared, but the ruling remained, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ran during the Farewell Pilgrimage.
So the conclusion is that it is obligatory for the believer, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, to say, "We hear and we obey," as Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nur 24:51-52] [Al-Hadid 57:16] They said, "We hear and we disobey." They seek out weak reasons and excuses that have no basis. This is the affair of one who is not fully submissive to the command of Allah and His Messenger. Allah the Mighty and Majestic says: [Al-Ahzab 33:36] And He the Exalted says: [An-Nisa 4:65] [An-Nisa 4:65].
And I do not know about this one who says such words whether he can face his Lord with it on the Day of Resurrection? It is upon us to hear and obey and to comply with the command of Allah and His Messenger in all circumstances.
The Shaykh : Yes, our answer to this is:
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : From two angles. The first angle is that letting the beard grow is not solely for the sake of differing, but it is from the fitrah (the innate natural disposition), as established in Sahih Muslim. Letting the beard grow is from the fitrah upon which Allah created people, and they find it pleasing and find what is other than it repulsive.
Second, the Jews, Christians, and Magians today do not all let their beards grow, nor even a quarter of them; rather, most of them shave their beards, as is observed and is the reality. A third angle is that if a ruling is established by the Shari'ah for a specific meaning, and this ruling is in accordance with the fitrah or with one of the symbols of Islam, it remains even if the cause disappears. Do you not see that running between Safa and Marwah during tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah) was caused by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions wanting to display their skin and strength before the polytheists who said, "They are a people whom the heat of Yathrib has weakened"? And yet this cause disappeared, but the ruling remained, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ran during the Farewell Pilgrimage.
So the conclusion is that it is obligatory for the believer, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, to say, "We hear and we obey," as Allah the Exalted said:
(51) The only statement of the [true] believers when they are called to Allah and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say, "We hear and we obey." And those are the successful. (52) And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger and fears Allah and is conscious of Him - it is those who are the attainers.
إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَخْشَ اللَّهَ وَيَتَّقْهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَائِزُونَAnd let them not be like those
وَلَا يَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَIt is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error.
وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا أَن يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَن يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَالًا مُّبِينًاBut no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe
فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَuntil they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute among themselves and then find within themselves no discomfort from what you have judged and submit in [full, willing] submission.
حَتَّىٰ يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا فِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِّمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًاAnd I do not know about this one who says such words whether he can face his Lord with it on the Day of Resurrection? It is upon us to hear and obey and to comply with the command of Allah and His Messenger in all circumstances.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 301- حكم من يقول ان علة اعفاء اللحى هي مخالفة المجوس والنصارى وهي ليست واجبة الأن 📍سؤال من حاج 🕋 📍 — youtube.com
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