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Is it permissible to shave the excess hair on the face and the beard below the fist's grasp?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh! The questioner asks: Is the hair on the cheeks of a man part of the beard? Is it permissible to remove it? And is the beard hair below the hand's grasp to be shaved or not?

Answer:
The beard is known in the language of the Arabs to be what grows on the cheeks, what grows on the cheeks and on the chin. This is the beard: what grows on the cheeks on both sides of the face and what is on the chin, which is the lower part of the face where the two sides of the beard meet at the bottom of the face. This is the beard.
As for what grows on the cheek, away from the cheeks, what grows on the cheek away from the cheeks, there is no harm in taking it and removing it, because it is not part of the beard. But the common practice, and praise be to Allah, is that nothing grows on the cheek; that is the common case. But if it happens that some hair grows on a person's cheek, he may remove it because it is not part of the beard. As for the beard, it is left as it is.
It is not said that what exceeds the fist's grasp is taken. This is a mistake. This is a mistake. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded to let the beard grow, to leave it long, to honor it, and to let it hang down.
So it is not permissible to touch it by cutting or shaving, but it is left in its state, because it is beauty, and because it is perfection for the man, and it is the distinction between him and the woman. So it is left as it is, and it is not touched by cutting, plucking, shaving, or any other meddling, meddling with the beard. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز حلق الشعر الزائد في الوجه وما بعد القبضة من اللحية؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com

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