Did Ibn 'Umar's trimming of the beard serve as evidence for shaving it?

The questioner : The questioner asks: Is the action of Abu 'Umar considered? Is Ibn 'Umar's practice of taking from his beard considered evidence for the general public to take from their beards or shave them?

The Shaykh : As for Ibn 'Umar trimming his beard, it is established in al-Bukhari that when he performed Hajj, he would grasp his beard with his hand like this, and whatever grew beyond that, he would take it. This was in Hajj; he did not do it constantly, but only on the occasion of the rites. There is no proof in this for those who shave their beards, because shaving the beard is not like taking from it. Nor is there proof in it for those who shave their sideburns, as some people shave their sideburns until nothing remains but a very thin strand, like a wire. This is not correct, and this falls under shaving the beard. The beard, as indicated by the books of language, is from ear to ear; all of this is beard. The sideburns are part of the beard, and it was called "beard" because it grows on the jawbones, and the jawbones are the bones on which the teeth grow. Accordingly, it is obligatory for a person to fear Allah the Exalted, and to do what his Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded him in his saying: Then, in letting the beard grow lies the completeness of manhood, and the complete distinction between the man and the woman. And the beard, according to the Hanbali jurists, is among the major benefits. So much so that if a crime is committed against a man that removes the hair of his beard before it has grown out, it is obligatory upon the perpetrator—meaning the one who committed the crime—to pay full blood money. That is, what grows on a man's beard until it does not grow out, the Hanbalis consider it like one who killed him; he must pay full blood money, one hundred camels. This is evidence that the beard is important to the people of knowledge and that it has a great benefit. And it is regrettable that those who shave their beards are destroying their homes with their own hands, may Allah protect us from that. They commit a crime against themselves and contradict the guidance of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), indeed the guidance of all the messengers. This is Harun saying to Musa: So the guidance of the prophets (peace and blessings be upon them) is to shave the beard, and the guidance of the polytheists and the Zoroastrians.

The questioner : is shaving the beards. So which of the two paths do you want, O Muslim? Do you want the guidance of the Zoroastrians, or do you want the guidance of the prophets and messengers? Do you want the fitrah (innate natural disposition), or do you want what contradicts the fitrah? Do you want manhood, or do you want effeminacy? Do you want to be in accordance with the methodology of the Muslims, or in accordance with the methodology of the polytheists? Do you want to be brave and strong, overcoming your self in

The Shaykh : opposing your desires, or do you want to be a coward and weak, with desires overcoming you in following the guidance? These questions you must think about and think about the answers to them.