The Ruling on Mocking the Bearded

Question:
This question is from the Princess Banu 'Anoud Center for the Preservation of the Qur'an. The questioner says: After these events, people have come to look at the bearded man with disgust, and they mock him, saying, "What do you want with this beard? You haven't shaved it yet? Shave it and throw it in the trash." What is your opinion of this speech?

Answer:
This is not the speech of the people of faith; this is the speech of the people of hypocrisy. This is a hypocrite who has had hypocrisy in his heart from the beginning, so when this trial came, he revealed his hypocrisy. As for the people of faith, they do not say this statement, because the beard is a sunnah (recommended practice), and letting the beard grow is a sunnah, the sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I do not mean by sunnah that it is merely recommended, but rather that letting it grow is obligatory, because the Messenger commanded it to be let grow. However, letting it grow is obligatory, and shaving it is forbidden. The believer does not say this statement; he does not say "shave it," or "this is a characteristic of the Khawarij." Glory be to Allah! The characteristic of the Messenger and the characteristic of the people of faith is the characteristic of the Khawarij? This is from lying and seeking aid from other than Allah.
What did Aaron (peace be upon him) say to Moses? . Rather, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is greater than that. Letting the beard grow is among the characteristics of the fitrah (the innate natural disposition), among the characteristics of the fitrah and among the sunnahs of the messengers. So there is no believer who describes the beard with these descriptions. But this person has hypocrisy, either doctrinal hypocrisy or practical hypocrisy, so when this trial came, he revealed what he had. Yes.