Ruling on shaving the hair on the neck and cheeks

Question : The questioner asks: Does shaving the hair under the throat and on the cheeks, which I see some people doing, have any evidence? I do not know what its evidence is.

Answer : As for the hair under the throat, there is nothing wrong with shaving it, because it is not part of the beard. As for the hair on the cheeks, it is part of the beard, as the scholars have explicitly stated. Accordingly, it falls under the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "Let the beards grow and trim the mustaches." As for the mustache, it is well known that the Sunnah is to trim it so that it is not long. This is the Sunnah: trimming the mustaches and letting the beards grow.