Shaving the sides of the beard and shaving the back of the head
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The questioner:
The sides of the beard, may Allah reward you, are they part of the beard?
The Shaykh:
Without a doubt, the sides of the beard are part of the beard. Yes.
The questioner:
Shaving the back of the head, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
And removing the sides of the beard disfigures the face, in which there is beauty. Yes.
The questioner:
They shave the back of the head, they say "shave the back," yes.
The Shaykh:
Shaving part of the head and leaving part of it is not permissible; this is qaza' (shaving the head in a patchy manner). Either, as the hadith says, shave it all or leave it all. As for shaving part of it and leaving part of it, this is not permissible.
The sides of the beard, may Allah reward you, are they part of the beard?
The Shaykh:
Without a doubt, the sides of the beard are part of the beard. Yes.
The questioner:
Shaving the back of the head, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
And removing the sides of the beard disfigures the face, in which there is beauty. Yes.
The questioner:
They shave the back of the head, they say "shave the back," yes.
The Shaykh:
Shaving part of the head and leaving part of it is not permissible; this is qaza' (shaving the head in a patchy manner). Either, as the hadith says, shave it all or leave it all. As for shaving part of it and leaving part of it, this is not permissible.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب صفة الوضوء فرضه وسننه — islamhouse.com (1:12:06)
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