What is the amount that is permissible to take from the beard?
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The Shaykh : As for taking from it?
Abu Malik: Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : The second question: taking from it?
Abu Malik: Taking from it.
The Shaykh : As for taking from it, what is transmitted from the Salaf, without any report of disagreement from any of them, is that it is permissible to take from the length of the beard what is less than a handful. This is a handful from here, at the bottom of the chin. As you know, linguistically, the chin is shared by both male and female, and applying the name "chin" to the beard is a case of what? Metaphor.
Abu Malik: Exceeding.
The Shaykh : No, it has a specific term in the Arabic language!
Abu Malik: This, our Shaykh, even the metaphor does not apply to it here.
The Shaykh : So this hair that grows below the handful, or this length that is permissible to take from the beard, I do not limit myself to saying it is permissible; rather, I see that lengthening the beard beyond a handful is contrary to our Salafi methodology. Therefore, I constantly and always say that it is not enough for us to call to the Book and the Sunnah, because no one among the Islamic sects that fall within the circle of Islam says: "We are not upon the Book and the Sunnah." They all say so, but none of them, we say from one side, and praise be to Allah, because we are distinct from them, and we say: "There is no power and no strength except with Allah" regarding them, because they deviated from us, do they not say: "The Book, the Sunnah, and the methodology of the righteous Salaf"? Why do we say, in addition to the Book and the Sunnah? There are many things, and very many, but time is short and does not allow for an investigation into this.
Abu Malik: Yes, that is right.
The Shaykh : The second question: taking from it?
Abu Malik: Taking from it.
The Shaykh : As for taking from it, what is transmitted from the Salaf, without any report of disagreement from any of them, is that it is permissible to take from the length of the beard what is less than a handful. This is a handful from here, at the bottom of the chin. As you know, linguistically, the chin is shared by both male and female, and applying the name "chin" to the beard is a case of what? Metaphor.
Abu Malik: Exceeding.
The Shaykh : No, it has a specific term in the Arabic language!
Abu Malik: This, our Shaykh, even the metaphor does not apply to it here.
The Shaykh : So this hair that grows below the handful, or this length that is permissible to take from the beard, I do not limit myself to saying it is permissible; rather, I see that lengthening the beard beyond a handful is contrary to our Salafi methodology. Therefore, I constantly and always say that it is not enough for us to call to the Book and the Sunnah, because no one among the Islamic sects that fall within the circle of Islam says: "We are not upon the Book and the Sunnah." They all say so, but none of them, we say from one side, and praise be to Allah, because we are distinct from them, and we say: "There is no power and no strength except with Allah" regarding them, because they deviated from us, do they not say: "The Book, the Sunnah, and the methodology of the righteous Salaf"? Why do we say, in addition to the Book and the Sunnah? There are many things, and very many, but time is short and does not allow for an investigation into this.
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