What is the concept of the beard?

Abu Malik: A question, our Shaykh, regarding the beard. A question, in two or three questions about the beard.

The Shaykh : There is no god but Allah.
Abu Malik: The concept of the beard, the extent of the beard, and what is permissible to take from it and what is not permissible?

The Shaykh: What is the first question about the beard?
Abu Malik: The concept of the beard.

The Shaykh: The concept of the beard.
There is no doubt that the beard is the hair that grows on the face which must be washed in the ablution. This excludes what grows under the beard on the neck; that is not part of the beard. However, it includes what grows on the cheeks; that is part of the beard. So what some people do in some countries, shaving the side of the beard here and there, such that they harm the cheeks; this is, of course, not permissible to harm them. Because the hair growing on the cheeks is part of the beard linguistically, and this is stated in the dictionaries, especially "Al-Qamus al-Muhit" by "Al-Fayruzabadi." This is the concept of the beard linguistically.