Discussion of the issue that the narrator is more aware of his narration than others, regarding the matter of shaving the beard.

The Shaykh : But I say, in addition to what I mentioned previously, that "the witness sees what the absent one does not see"; that is, "the narrator is more aware of his narration than others." These Companions who narrated to us the hadith of our Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): , they trimmed their beards; so it is not permissible for us to understand this text in its absolute sense; as we said earlier: , this is absolute, but the narrator of the hadith understood it as restricted to the fast of a vow, .
So we say that in the Book and the Sunnah, and following the methodology of the righteous Salaf, there is no narration, absolutely, and I say this with confirmation: absolutely, absolutely, that a single Companion let his beard grow, no matter how long it became; no, this does not exist. And all the more so, with confirmation, again and again: there is no narration that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not trim his beard. This is common among many scholars and shaykhs, and my words are recorded, but it has no basis in the books of the Sunnah, absolutely. Rather, they proceed from the generality of his saying (peace be upon him): , and they infer that the understanding, or their understanding of the generality, is a reality, and there is no necessary connection between the two, ever. The previous example and many, many other examples exist.
And on the contrary, there are many reports with authentic chains that Ibn 'Umar, who—as you know—is among the most zealous people in following the Messenger (peace be upon him), even in matters that are called by the precise jurists...