The fatwa on the permissibility of shaving the beard out of fear of losing one's job
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: One of the muftis (scholars who issue fatwas) answered a man that it is permissible for him to shave his beard because if he does not shave it, he will be dismissed from his job, and he has no other source of income.
The Shaykh:
May you be in good health. Is there another source of income? He who provides for the sustenance is the One who determines that He will provide for him through other than this job or another job from Him [At-Talaq 65:2-3]. This is stinginess on the part of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. This is stinginess on the part of Allah. Who says that there is no sustenance except through this job? Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
This is a trial from these fatwas that are not weighed by evidence, and the one who issues them does not fear what he should fear of Allah the Mighty and Majestic.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: One of the muftis (scholars who issue fatwas) answered a man that it is permissible for him to shave his beard because if he does not shave it, he will be dismissed from his job, and he has no other source of income.
The Shaykh:
May you be in good health. Is there another source of income? He who provides for the sustenance is the One who determines that He will provide for him through other than this job or another job from
He who leaves something for the sake of Allah, Allah replaces it with something better.
ترك شيئا لله عوضه الله خيراAnd whoever fears Allah - He will make for him a way out (3) And will provide for him from where he does not expect.
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُThe questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
This is a trial from these fatwas that are not weighed by evidence, and the one who issues them does not fear what he should fear of Allah the Mighty and Majestic.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [47] — alfawzan.live (48:33)
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