Using the hadith “Allah does not look at your appearances” as evidence for trimming the beard
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man appeared on the channels and cited evidence for the permissibility of trimming the beard. He argued based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 4143Sahih (Darussalam) and said that this indicates the permissibility of trimming it. Is his argument valid?
Answer:
No, this argument is invalid. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said This argument is invalid. The beard is not to be touched, neither by cutting, nor plucking, nor shaving, nor by anything else. It is to be left as it is. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man appeared on the channels and cited evidence for the permissibility of trimming the beard. He argued based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Allah does not look at your forms
إن الله لا ينظر إلى صوركمAnswer:
No, this argument is invalid. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said
Let the beards grow, let the beards hang down, let the beards be long
أعفوا اللحى أرخوا اللحى أرسلوا اللحى
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب الفرائض — islamhouse.com (59:24)
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