The Indication of the Command in the Hadith Regarding Letting the Beard Grow
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he asks: Is this command obligatory or recommended?
Answer:
What makes it recommended? The default ruling for a command is that it is obligatory according to the scholars of legal theory, and it is not permissible to interpret it as recommended except with evidence. So what is the evidence? There is no evidence.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
Let the beards grow, let the beards grow.
أعفوا اللحى أرخوا اللحىAnswer:
What makes it recommended? The default ruling for a command is that it is obligatory according to the scholars of legal theory, and it is not permissible to interpret it as recommended except with evidence. So what is the evidence? There is no evidence.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 57 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/غناء البغايا/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:15:07)
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