Denying the Shaving of Beards in Barbershops Near Mosques
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The questioner:
And another says: We see barbershops that shave beards near the mosques and on the paths of the Muslims, and we do not see anyone denying it to them.
The Shaykh:
And this is obligatory; it is obligatory upon the committee and upon every Muslim to deny it to them. We will slaughter this, if Allah wills, with the committee. It is necessary to deny it, because the Muslim is a Muslim; he does not oppress him, nor does he leave him alone. So if you see your brother shaving his beard, you deny it to both the barber and the one being shaved, to the one who hired and to the barber himself who is the owner of the beard. So the one being shaved is denied it, and the barber who was hired or not hired is denied it. If the Muslims would cooperate in denial, the evil would decrease, but silence is the calamity. Silence is the calamity. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. And as some of the Salaf said: The one who is silent about the truth is a mute devil, and the one who speaks falsehood is a false devil. We ask Allah for safety. So the point is that it is obligatory to speak the truth, and speaking the truth is an obligatory matter. So the one who speaks the truth has called to what is obligatory, and the one who is silent about the truth has been silent about what is obligatory. So if he is likened to the mute devil, we ask Allah for safety. There is no power and no strength except with
And another says: We see barbershops that shave beards near the mosques and on the paths of the Muslims, and we do not see anyone denying it to them.
The Shaykh:
And this is obligatory; it is obligatory upon the committee and upon every Muslim to deny it to them. We will slaughter this, if Allah wills, with the committee. It is necessary to deny it, because the Muslim is a Muslim; he does not oppress him, nor does he leave him alone. So if you see your brother shaving his beard, you deny it to both the barber and the one being shaved, to the one who hired and to the barber himself who is the owner of the beard. So the one being shaved is denied it, and the barber who was hired or not hired is denied it. If the Muslims would cooperate in denial, the evil would decrease, but silence is the calamity. Silence is the calamity. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. And as some of the Salaf said: The one who is silent about the truth is a mute devil, and the one who speaks falsehood is a false devil. We ask Allah for safety. So the point is that it is obligatory to speak the truth, and speaking the truth is an obligatory matter. So the one who speaks the truth has called to what is obligatory, and the one who is silent about the truth has been silent about what is obligatory. So if he is likened to the mute devil, we ask Allah for safety. There is no power and no strength except with
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 46 — archive.org (37:58)
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