Ruling on plucking hair that differs in color from the beard
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Lengthening the beard and plucking what is foreign in it, meaning hair whose color differs from the color of the beard, as if the beard were red?The Shaykh: Say gray hair as well.
The questioner: Or gray hair.
The Shaykh: It is not permissible to pluck it.
The questioner: All right, his beard is, for example, blond, and there is, for example, black or white hair in it, or something other than gray.
The Shaykh: By nature?The questioner: Meaning: for example, a color different from the Shaykh's color: meaning that Allah made its color, for example, blond?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: There is no harm; let it remain blond.
The questioner: No.
I mean, O Shaykh! For example, his beard is black, and some red hairs appear in it, so if he removes them, for example.
The Shaykh: This is not permissible. This is plucking the eyebrows; plucking the eyebrows is plucking the hair of the face, so how much more so if it is the beard?! Then, if he plucks this red hair and the red hair appears a second time, if he plucks it, it will appear a second, third, and fourth time; because perhaps he will be punished and much of this hair will come out, and then he will be left with no beard at all. Leave it as it is, and know that you may be embarrassed at first when it appears in your beard, but after that, the situation will settle down.
And with this, this meeting ends, and until a future meeting, if Allah wills, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
And Glory is to You, O our Lord, and with Your praise. I testify that there is no deity but You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.
The questioner: Or gray hair.
The Shaykh: It is not permissible to pluck it.
The questioner: All right, his beard is, for example, blond, and there is, for example, black or white hair in it, or something other than gray.
The Shaykh: By nature?The questioner: Meaning: for example, a color different from the Shaykh's color: meaning that Allah made its color, for example, blond?The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: There is no harm; let it remain blond.
The questioner: No.
I mean, O Shaykh! For example, his beard is black, and some red hairs appear in it, so if he removes them, for example.
The Shaykh: This is not permissible. This is plucking the eyebrows; plucking the eyebrows is plucking the hair of the face, so how much more so if it is the beard?! Then, if he plucks this red hair and the red hair appears a second time, if he plucks it, it will appear a second, third, and fourth time; because perhaps he will be punished and much of this hair will come out, and then he will be left with no beard at all. Leave it as it is, and know that you may be embarrassed at first when it appears in your beard, but after that, the situation will settle down.
And with this, this meeting ends, and until a future meeting, if Allah wills, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
And Glory is to You, O our Lord, and with Your praise. I testify that there is no deity but You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.