If some of the beard hair is long and some is short, is it permissible to cut it?

The questioner : Shaykh Muhammad. Are you there, Shaykh? What?

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : If some of the beard hair is long and the rest is short, is it permissible to shorten the long part?

The Shaykh : No, no, never.

The questioner : The gathering, Shaykh.

The Shaykh : For the sake of grooming, fold the long part, yes, fold the long part, fold the long part.

The questioner : Yes, cut a little.

The Shaykh : No, do not cut it, fold it back, fold it back, meaning let it grow and mix with the rest so it becomes even.

The questioner : Okay, Shaykh.

The Shaykh : I am afraid that if you cut the long part, the originally long part becomes short,

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : You fail, you cut the long part. It becomes short, then you go look at the other side.

The questioner : No, no.

The Shaykh : So this becomes short, and so on, until you have completely finished the beard.

The questioner : No, no, Shaykh.

The Shaykh : The point is, do not cut it, fold it back, fold it back. Do you know the word "fold it back"?

The questioner : They killed the two sides, Shaykh. Yes, they killed the two sides.

The Shaykh : Do you understand what I am saying now or not?

The questioner : Yes, yes.

The Shaykh : Did you understand what I said?

The questioner : Yes, yes.

The Shaykh : What does he do with this long part?

The questioner : I do not have a beard, I have no beard.

The Shaykh : It is not you who told him that.

The questioner : Yes, I am just chatting like this to gain understanding, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh : Khalil, just fold the hair from the inside and that is it.