What is the ruling on the money a barber earns from shaving beards and cutting hair in a style that contradicts the Sunnah?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man says: He wants to open a barbershop, and people may come to him wanting to have their beards shaved or their hair cut in a style that contradicts the Sunnah. Is the money he receives in exchange for that forbidden?
Answer:
Yes, yes, it is forbidden because it is the price of a sin. Shaving the beard is forbidden; it is a disobedience to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So one cannot enable someone who wants to shave his beard to do this in his shop. In the shop he has set up for the barber, he must stipulate that beards are not to be shaved there. He should even put a sign on the door stating that beards are not to be shaved there. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man says: He wants to open a barbershop, and people may come to him wanting to have their beards shaved or their hair cut in a style that contradicts the Sunnah. Is the money he receives in exchange for that forbidden?
Answer:
Yes, yes, it is forbidden because it is the price of a sin. Shaving the beard is forbidden; it is a disobedience to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So one cannot enable someone who wants to shave his beard to do this in his shop. In the shop he has set up for the barber, he must stipulate that beards are not to be shaved there. He should even put a sign on the door stating that beards are not to be shaved there. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم المال الذي يكسبه الحلاق من حالق اللحية ومَن يقص شعره قَصة مخالفة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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