Is it permissible to shave a person's beard if his beard is connected to some of it until it grows and connects to the rest? And is it permissible to shave the hair that grows on the neck?
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The questioner : One of the brothers says, "This is what you are raising, so shave it and let it grow back, let it all grow and connect to this, and then he told me, 'This here is not part of the beard, shave it.' So, is it permissible to shave this on the neck?
The Shaykh : The hair on the neck is not part of the beard, and this is a matter in which there is scholarly disagreement. I hold that what is not part of the beard is permissible to shave. But this philosophy you quoted from that man contradicts the explicit hadith, which classifies your beard into types and categories; it is from the creation of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said in some of the hadiths to one of the companions when he saw his lower garment was long, he ordered him to raise it. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am a hunchback..." Do you understand the word "hunchback"?
The questioner : He has a curvature, meaning.
The Shaykh : Good. He said, "I am a hunchback," so he lengthens his lower garment to cover his hunchback. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And here is the point and the reality... which the majority of people overlook So I see some people with beards, what Allah willed, beautiful, reaching their chests. I see people whose beards are light, barely visible. I see people plucking here and there, as you said about this man. This is the creation of Allah; we do not interfere in the creation of Allah... So, this means your command regarding what you mentioned was not advice. And I judge, before I saw him, that he is not a scholar, nor even a student of knowledge, but rather he followed his desires.
The questioner : No, Shaykh, he says it in a way of mockery.
The Shaykh : I seek forgiveness from Allah!
The questioner : O Shaykh, he does not say it... out of ignorance, O Shaykh.
Another questioner: The love.
The Shaykh : He beautifies, meaning he beautifies his beard.
Another questioner: We were all like that man, O...
The Shaykh : What is not part of the beard is not permissible to shave, and what is not part of the beard is permissible to shave; this is what I say.
The questioner : The one you spoke about had a beard smaller than yours, and I was the same.
The Shaykh : The hair on the neck is not part of the beard, and this is a matter in which there is scholarly disagreement. I hold that what is not part of the beard is permissible to shave. But this philosophy you quoted from that man contradicts the explicit hadith, which classifies your beard into types and categories; it is from the creation of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said in some of the hadiths to one of the companions when he saw his lower garment was long, he ordered him to raise it. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am a hunchback..." Do you understand the word "hunchback"?
The questioner : He has a curvature, meaning.
The Shaykh : Good. He said, "I am a hunchback," so he lengthens his lower garment to cover his hunchback. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
O so-and-so
يا فلانO so-and-so, every creation of Allah is good.
يا فلان كلُّ خلق الله حسنThe questioner : No, Shaykh, he says it in a way of mockery.
The Shaykh : I seek forgiveness from Allah!
The questioner : O Shaykh, he does not say it... out of ignorance, O Shaykh.
Another questioner: The love.
The Shaykh : He beautifies, meaning he beautifies his beard.
Another questioner: We were all like that man, O...
The Shaykh : What is not part of the beard is not permissible to shave, and what is not part of the beard is permissible to shave; this is what I say.
The questioner : The one you spoke about had a beard smaller than yours, and I was the same.