A Response to Those Who Cite the Trimming of Some Scholars' Beards as Evidence

Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: When we rebuke the one who trims his beard, he says, "Look at so-and-so scholar or so-and-so caller; he trims his beard. If there were any issue with it, he would not have trimmed it." How do we respond to this?

Answer:
This is the answer of an ignorant person, or one who follows his desires; he is not a scholar. We do not look at so-and-so and so-and-so; we look at the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and the hadiths of the Messenger. We do not look at the actions of people. So the one who says this is either ignorant and does not know what constitutes evidence, or he is stubborn and follows his desires. These people are not a proof. Whoever contradicts the Messenger is not a proof. We said that Ibn 'Umar is not cited as evidence for trimming his beard when he exited the state of ihram. We say that this is not taken from him, and he is Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). So what about others? Yes.