Describing the one who shaves his beard and lets his garment hang below the ankles as an open sinner

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a man does not consistently let his garment hang below his ankles and does not keep his home clean. Is he considered an open sinner? And is doing so in his absence considered the forbidden act of talebearing?

Answer:
An open sinner is one who commits a major sin; that is the open sinner. As for shaving the beard, it is a sin and forbidden. Likewise, letting the garment hang below the ankles is a major sin. Letting the garment hang below the ankles is a major sin, and the one who does it is an open sinner, without doubt, because it is a major sin. As for shaving the beard, it is forbidden and imitating the disbelievers, but it is not a major sin. However, it may become a major sin if he persists in it or mocks those who grow beards. In that case, he is at risk of apostasy if he mocks the beard and says, “The religion is not hair, and hair is for sheep” or the like. This is mocking the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and this makes him a disbeliever. But if he merely shaves it to follow his desire, without mocking or making fun of it, he is considered a sinner committing a sin, but he is not called an open sinner, one who has left the fold, or one whose faith is deficient. He is an open sinner by this sin. Yes, unless he persists in it and continues with it after being advised and after the matter has been explained to him. If he continues with this, then his action becomes a major sin because he has added to shaving the beard the abandonment of acting upon the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) after he has come to know it. This makes it a major sin from this perspective. Yes.