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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Advice to those who shave their beards

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Question:
Many Muslims have fallen into the sin of shaving their beards, so we ask for advice to be directed to those who do this?

Answer:
Shaving the beard is among the known sins, the manifest transgressions. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said
Trim the sideburns, grow the beards, and be unlike the polytheists.قصوا السوائب ضاعفوا اللحى خالفوا المشركين
and he said
Trim the sideburns, grow the beards, and be unlike the Magians.جزوا السوائب وارفوا اللحى خالفوا المجوس
and they said, "And they shave their beards," and he ordered the trimming of the sideburns and the combing of the beards, may peace and blessings be upon him. So it is obligatory for the Muslim to let these hairs grow, by which Allah has honored him and distinguished him from women, and to be pleased with them and take care of them, and not to touch them, neither with intention nor out of need. This is the obligation of every Muslim. And it is not befitting to play with what is not seen in people today, in whom this matter has become widespread. The sinner is not a role model; the role model is the one who obeyed Allah. The sinner in drinking intoxicants, in unlawful sexual intercourse, in riba (usury or interest), in the dead and the veil, in shaving the beard, is not a role model. The role model is the one who obeyed Allah and His Messenger; that is the role model. Allah says, Exalted and Majestic is He, "And the foremost in
the first forerunners [in the faith] among the Muhajireen and the Ansarالْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنصَارِ
[At-Tawbah 9:100]
and whoever does not
who followed them with good conduct - Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him, and He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide foreverاتَّبَعُوهُم بِإِحْسَانٍ رَّضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي تَحْتَهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا
[At-Tawbah 9:100]
knows a great error. Glorified is He! Indeed, the Messenger has set for you a good example. So have trust in the Messenger and in his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them and grant them satisfaction), and in those who followed their path. As for the one who deviated from the path and strayed from the way, and opposed the commands and committed the prohibitions, do not have trust in him.
Source فتاوى الحج - 1405 هـ — archive.org (1:29:33)

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