The Ruling on Shaving the Beard

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on shaving the beards?

Answer:
Shaving the beards is forbidden. Shaving the beards is forbidden because it is disobedience to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), who said The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded this in several hadiths. It is not permissible for him to touch it, neither by plucking, nor cutting, nor shaving. Rather, he leaves it and lets it grow, because it is a sign of manliness. The one who shaves his beard, this man associates with women; he becomes like a woman. He has no beard, and the woman has no beard, so he becomes like her, like one of them.