Is it permissible to shave the beard for a traveler to lands of war?
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The questioner : He asks: Is it permissible to shave the beard for one in dire necessity who travels to lands of war?
The Shaykh : Lands of war, my brother, do not succeed. Sincerity, sincerity to Allah, is not achieved except by manifesting the symbols of Allah. So it is not permissible to shave the beard just because you are going to lands of war. And if you mean by lands of war
The presenter : the lands that
The Shaykh : contain jihad and fighting. I clarify to you that there is no victory except by avoiding what is forbidden, and shaving the beard is forbidden. So how can a man want to be victorious over a people while he is defying Allah the Exalted? We must all read what Allah Blessed and Exalted mentioned in the story of Yahya.
The Muslims, together with their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), held the upper hand at the beginning of the day. But when they committed just one act of disobedience, the upper hand turned against them. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:[Ali 'Imran 3:152] meaning that the defeat that occurred did occur. [Ali 'Imran 3:152] So, my brothers, sins are the cause that stands between the rain and victory. How can a person hope to be victorious over a people while he is defying Allah with his disobedience?
The Shaykh : Lands of war, my brother, do not succeed. Sincerity, sincerity to Allah, is not achieved except by manifesting the symbols of Allah. So it is not permissible to shave the beard just because you are going to lands of war. And if you mean by lands of war
The presenter : the lands that
The Shaykh : contain jihad and fighting. I clarify to you that there is no victory except by avoiding what is forbidden, and shaving the beard is forbidden. So how can a man want to be victorious over a people while he is defying Allah the Exalted? We must all read what Allah Blessed and Exalted mentioned in the story of Yahya.
The Muslims, together with their Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), held the upper hand at the beginning of the day. But when they committed just one act of disobedience, the upper hand turned against them. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:
until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فَشِلْتُمْ وَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَعَصَيْتُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا أَرَاكُم مَّا تُحِبُّونَAmong you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter
مِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ الدُّنْيَا وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ الْآخِرَةَ
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2 - 13 - دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام للعام 1402 هـ - الدرس الثاني - الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين — youtube.com (1:14:47)
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