The ruling on one who shaves his beard or lets his garment hang below the ankles
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The questioner:
Like the one who shaves his beard or lets his garment hang below the ankles, does this make him an open sinner or not?
The Shaykh:
He is an open sinner if the ruling is established against him, he is informed of it, and he persists. Between the ignorant and the knowledgeable, because a person may exert independent legal reasoning; he may have ruled on some of the common people.
The questioner:
A good narration.
The Shaykh:
This is a narration with no harm in it; it is good and authentic.
Like the one who shaves his beard or lets his garment hang below the ankles, does this make him an open sinner or not?
The Shaykh:
He is an open sinner if the ruling is established against him, he is informed of it, and he persists. Between the ignorant and the knowledgeable, because a person may exert independent legal reasoning; he may have ruled on some of the common people.
The questioner:
A good narration.
The Shaykh:
This is a narration with no harm in it; it is good and authentic.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ ابن باز ]، العقيدة الواسطية - الشريط الثالث — islamhouse.com (1:08:31)
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