Is it permissible to take what exceeds a handful from the beard?
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The questioner : Also, in matters other than Hajj and 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : And it is also established regarding his command to Salim.
The questioner : Please, Professor.
The Shaykh : Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : I do not leave it untrimmed. No, by Allah. I thank you for watching. May Allah increase you in good. Amen.
The Shaykh : And there is a report from Ibrahim al-Nakha'i. Because the Companions used to take from his beard. This is found in the poem on faith that has not yet been printed.
The questioner : That is, the permissibility is based on the actions of the Companions. How? From their actions (may Allah be pleased with them).
The Shaykh : From their actions, it is even more so that one of them is the narrator of the hadith on leaving the beard untrimmed, and he is Ibn 'Umar.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Good, perfect.
The questioner : But here, our Shaykh, there is a query: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not state that he took what exceeded the green [handful].
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is, it is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he took what exceeded a handful.
The Shaykh : And it is not established that he did not take.
The questioner : But if we take the transmission.
The Shaykh : What is noteworthy to you is that the narrator of the hadith is Ibn 'Umar. What do you think? Since you have no transmission that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not take, and you have no transmission that he did take, when you find some of the Salaf, and foremost among them is Ibn 'Umar, who heard the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) say "Let the beards grow untrimmed," and then he takes from his beard what exceeds a handful, in addition to the fact that he was the most zealous of the Companions in following the Sunnah to the point of exaggeration, how...
The Shaykh : And it is also established regarding his command to Salim.
The questioner : Please, Professor.
The Shaykh : Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : I do not leave it untrimmed. No, by Allah. I thank you for watching. May Allah increase you in good. Amen.
The Shaykh : And there is a report from Ibrahim al-Nakha'i. Because the Companions used to take from his beard. This is found in the poem on faith that has not yet been printed.
The questioner : That is, the permissibility is based on the actions of the Companions. How? From their actions (may Allah be pleased with them).
The Shaykh : From their actions, it is even more so that one of them is the narrator of the hadith on leaving the beard untrimmed, and he is Ibn 'Umar.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Good, perfect.
The questioner : But here, our Shaykh, there is a query: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not state that he took what exceeded the green [handful].
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is, it is not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he took what exceeded a handful.
The Shaykh : And it is not established that he did not take.
The questioner : But if we take the transmission.
The Shaykh : What is noteworthy to you is that the narrator of the hadith is Ibn 'Umar. What do you think? Since you have no transmission that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not take, and you have no transmission that he did take, when you find some of the Salaf, and foremost among them is Ibn 'Umar, who heard the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) say "Let the beards grow untrimmed," and then he takes from his beard what exceeds a handful, in addition to the fact that he was the most zealous of the Companions in following the Sunnah to the point of exaggeration, how...
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سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 21 — d3watuna.com (15:51)
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