Ruling on trimming the beard if it exceeds a fistful
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What is your opinion regarding the statement about taking a fistful from the beard?
We have a Sunnah from the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, and a Sunnah from a Companion. A Sunnah from the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, and a Sunnah from a Companion. As for the Sunnah from the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, he said: "Let the beards grow" and he did not restrict it, nor did he permit taking what exceeds a fistful.
As for the Sunnah of the Companion, it is from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): When he performed Hajj, and I think it was 'Umrah, he would grasp his beard, and whatever exceeded the fistful, he would cut it.
He did not cut it constantly, but only during the rites of pilgrimage. Likewise, it is narrated from two or three of the Companions.
So, do you prioritize the Sunnah of the Messenger or the Sunnah of the Companion? The Sunnah of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him.Because Allah says: [Al-Qasas: 65] We are commanded and obligated to obey the messengers, whereas others are not protected from error. From each one, some of what is said is taken and some is left.
As for the fact that Ibn 'Umar, who is the narrator of the hadith, did that, the legal principle among the scholars, the scholars of terminology,And the scholars of usul al-fiqh: is that the criterion is what is narrated, not what is seen; because the narration is protected from a protected person, transmitting a report from a protected person, whereas opinion is not protected. For this reason, this principle is one of the most beneficial principles.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in *I'lam al-Muwaqqi'in* that he mentioned—I think—more than twenty issues in which the narrator contradicted what he narrated, and the scholars took what he narrated, not what he did.
We have a Sunnah from the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, and a Sunnah from a Companion. A Sunnah from the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, and a Sunnah from a Companion. As for the Sunnah from the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, he said: "Let the beards grow" and he did not restrict it, nor did he permit taking what exceeds a fistful.
As for the Sunnah of the Companion, it is from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): When he performed Hajj, and I think it was 'Umrah, he would grasp his beard, and whatever exceeded the fistful, he would cut it.
He did not cut it constantly, but only during the rites of pilgrimage. Likewise, it is narrated from two or three of the Companions.
So, do you prioritize the Sunnah of the Messenger or the Sunnah of the Companion? The Sunnah of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him.Because Allah says:
And [mention] the Day He will call them and say, "What did you answer the messengers?"
وَيَوْمَ يُنَادِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَا أَجَبْتُمُ الْمُرْسَلِينَAs for the fact that Ibn 'Umar, who is the narrator of the hadith, did that, the legal principle among the scholars, the scholars of terminology,And the scholars of usul al-fiqh: is that the criterion is what is narrated, not what is seen; because the narration is protected from a protected person, transmitting a report from a protected person, whereas opinion is not protected. For this reason, this principle is one of the most beneficial principles.
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in *I'lam al-Muwaqqi'in* that he mentioned—I think—more than twenty issues in which the narrator contradicted what he narrated, and the scholars took what he narrated, not what he did.