What is the ruling on growing the beard and wearing the Islamic garment?
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The questioner : We, no one denies the obligation of growing the beard and wearing the garment, does he?
The Shaykh : No, you say no one denies it, how is that when he narrated it?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : That is how he recorded it.
The questioner : But we say that it is one of the requirements of the current modern stage...
The Shaykh : You are going to scare me, huh, you are going to scare me, and even if I am not afraid, you are going to scare me, and even if I am not afraid, you are going to scare me with your words.
The questioner : Growing the beard and wearing the short garment may be a cause for mockery, especially if he is practicing his work, especially if we are living in a non-Muslim society that is not committed to the Islamic Shari'ah?
The Shaykh : Do you know the verse[Al-Mutaffifin 83:29].
The questioner : O my master.
The Shaykh : Do you know the verse.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : What is your position toward it?
The questioner : No one takes a position other than the position of the verse, only the society...
The Shaykh : There is someone... these disbelievers...
The questioner : Among those present -everyone laughs-...
The Shaykh : This minister.
Another questioner : The minister laughs at you.
The questioner : The majority of the society wears pants.
Another questioner : The official dress is pants with us.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : The majority of the society wears pants. And the official dress is pants.
The Shaykh : Be patient, you say this society, is this society Muslim or disbeliever?
The questioner : An ignorant society!
The Shaykh : Yes, did you not consider in the discussions whether it is Islamic or non-Islamic?
The questioner : Non-Islamic.
The Shaykh : Okay, what is this non-Islamic society to you, why are you concerned about it?
The questioner : The concern for it is for leaving or to avoid a place of harm, meaning you flee from the society because it causes you harm, exposes you to mockery, to criticism...
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, if you were in Makkah, would you believe in the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or would you disbelieve?
The questioner : I believe.
The Shaykh : But you are afflicted with harm!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is one of our problems, we Muslims today. Why did you create yourself, is it not for the worship of Allah?
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : Okay, and whoever worships Allah, what will be the position of the disbelievers toward him? Did I not remind you of Allah[Al-Mutaffifin 83:29-36] What is your worldly life to you if they take you as a mockery, and you believe that you will mock them on the Day of Resurrection and enter Paradise, what is it to you? And then, who am I, who are you in relation to the Master of Mankind (peace and blessings be upon him)? Did the polytheists not mock him, and he is the Master of people, sent as a mercy to the worlds? So now we say, let them mock us, and by Allah, if they mock us, as the Exalted said: [Hud 11:38] Thus you must remember your religion and your principle, and do not be swept away by the current. For the slightest mockery and ridicule of you, you should fear that you will exit your religion because of the fact that people will mock you. After that, this minister that you want to meet, who is this minister? I do not know him. He may be one of the most sinful of open sinners. He may be George. He may be Antonius. What is he to you? You must affirm your Islam in every aspect of your life. We always boast about our religion and that our religion encompasses all matters of life, and that the Muslim must maintain his Muslim personality. Some authors have written on this topic, the Muslim personality. Okay, how do we affirm the Muslim personality? By imitating others, or by trying to make others imitate us? The path that Islam calls us to is that we do not imitate others, and that we draw others to us. We now, because of the weakness of our faith, have turned the matter completely upside down, so that whenever we fall into mockery, we change the Shari'ah to avoid this mockery. So we fear that one day we will say that we are not Muslims so that people do not mock us. Praise be to Allah who has honored us with Islam.
The questioner : There are people who say that it is the nature of their work, that the nature of their work requires them to wear pants?
The Shaykh : Yes, I say first, this statement stems from this society that has deviated from the Book and the Sunnah. Second, the nature of their work. Now I will say, what does the nature of the work of doctors and nurses require, that they wear a thawb or that they wear pants?
The questioner : It makes no difference to them, it makes no difference other than in the Shari'ah, the difference is only Shari'ah.
The Shaykh : No, no, I am not speaking from the Shari'ah aspect, the nature of the work?
The questioner : It makes no difference.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I think it makes no difference!
The Shaykh : I did not understand.
The questioner : It makes no difference, meaning.
The Shaykh : There is no difference in what they wear!
The questioner : Pants, yes.
The Shaykh : Why, since you say there is no difference, why do they not wear pants because this is the system of the disbelievers' hospitals!
The questioner : Yes, but there are people who say we cannot practice our work except in pants!
The Shaykh : No, I am going to tell you, you brought an example and you answered with the correct answer, yet the reality is that they wear pants, why? It is not that the nature of their work obligates them.
The questioner : I am only ruling on those people.
The Shaykh : Listen, listen, my brother, may Allah guide you. Now I demand of you, bring me an example where the nature of their work requires that, and I will answer you!
The questioner : For example, a mechanic, for example, who works in factories that have machines?
The Shaykh : Okay, what does this require, wearing pants below the ankles or above the ankles?
The questioner : We did not speak about the ankles.
The Shaykh : I am speaking, may Allah guide you, I am speaking, not you. I am asking you now so that you know that all of these are excuses to smooth over the bad reality. Now answer me, does the nature of this mechanic's work require him to wear pants below the ankles?
The questioner : It makes no difference, meaning.
The Shaykh : No, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : No, no, it does not require it, excuse me.
The Shaykh : This is the answer. Yes, okay, what is the reality, is his pants below the ankles or not?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Why, so the issue is not that his work requires this dress. Be patient, you are asking and I am answering. Be patient, O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. You do not have a blonde like my story to be narrow-chested. Be patient.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You may not be this person, but you may be a person who is tested with such a person who says, "I am forced, my work requires me to wear pants!"
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not you, but you need to know how to convince him, so learn now the method of persuasion. And now you have known multiple examples. Doctors wear pants, is this not from the requirements of their medicine? I told you, bring an example. The nature of their profession requires them to wear pants. I brought you mechanics. Okay, I asked you, and I mean, I do not say this pants is long below the ankles. I told you, yes. Does their profession require it? The answer: No. So I ask you now, you observe, what is the meaning of requirement? What is more beneficial for the mechanic, that his pants are short or according to the Sunnah?
The questioner : Short.
The Shaykh : According to the Sunnah. And why do they not do it? Because we do not have this in the desert. We are not living because they want to smooth over this reality with the lowest justifications and interpretations for which Allah has not sent any authority.
The Shaykh : No, you say no one denies it, how is that when he narrated it?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : That is how he recorded it.
The questioner : But we say that it is one of the requirements of the current modern stage...
The Shaykh : You are going to scare me, huh, you are going to scare me, and even if I am not afraid, you are going to scare me, and even if I am not afraid, you are going to scare me with your words.
The questioner : Growing the beard and wearing the short garment may be a cause for mockery, especially if he is practicing his work, especially if we are living in a non-Muslim society that is not committed to the Islamic Shari'ah?
The Shaykh : Do you know the verse
Indeed, those who committed
إن الذين أجرموا ...The questioner : O my master.
The Shaykh : Do you know the verse.
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh : What is your position toward it?
The questioner : No one takes a position other than the position of the verse, only the society...
The Shaykh : There is someone... these disbelievers...
The questioner : Among those present -everyone laughs-...
The Shaykh : This minister.
Another questioner : The minister laughs at you.
The questioner : The majority of the society wears pants.
Another questioner : The official dress is pants with us.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : The majority of the society wears pants. And the official dress is pants.
The Shaykh : Be patient, you say this society, is this society Muslim or disbeliever?
The questioner : An ignorant society!
The Shaykh : Yes, did you not consider in the discussions whether it is Islamic or non-Islamic?
The questioner : Non-Islamic.
The Shaykh : Okay, what is this non-Islamic society to you, why are you concerned about it?
The questioner : The concern for it is for leaving or to avoid a place of harm, meaning you flee from the society because it causes you harm, exposes you to mockery, to criticism...
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, if you were in Makkah, would you believe in the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or would you disbelieve?
The questioner : I believe.
The Shaykh : But you are afflicted with harm!
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : This is one of our problems, we Muslims today. Why did you create yourself, is it not for the worship of Allah?
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : Okay, and whoever worships Allah, what will be the position of the disbelievers toward him? Did I not remind you of Allah
(29) Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed. (30) And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances. (31) And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting. (32) And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost." (33) But they had not been sent as guardians over them. (34) So Today those who believed are laughing at the disbelievers, (35) On adorned couches, observing. (36) Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?
إن الذين أجرموا كانوا من الذين آمنوا يضحكون وإذا مروا بهم يتغامزون وإذا انقلبوا إلى أهليهم انقبلوا فكهين وإذا رأوهم قالوا إن هؤلاء لضالون وما أرسلوا عليهم حافظين فاليوم الذين آمنوا من الكفار يضحكون على الأرائك ينظرون هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلونIf you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.
إن تسخروا منا فإنا نسخر منكم كما تسخرونThe questioner : There are people who say that it is the nature of their work, that the nature of their work requires them to wear pants?
The Shaykh : Yes, I say first, this statement stems from this society that has deviated from the Book and the Sunnah. Second, the nature of their work. Now I will say, what does the nature of the work of doctors and nurses require, that they wear a thawb or that they wear pants?
The questioner : It makes no difference to them, it makes no difference other than in the Shari'ah, the difference is only Shari'ah.
The Shaykh : No, no, I am not speaking from the Shari'ah aspect, the nature of the work?
The questioner : It makes no difference.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I think it makes no difference!
The Shaykh : I did not understand.
The questioner : It makes no difference, meaning.
The Shaykh : There is no difference in what they wear!
The questioner : Pants, yes.
The Shaykh : Why, since you say there is no difference, why do they not wear pants because this is the system of the disbelievers' hospitals!
The questioner : Yes, but there are people who say we cannot practice our work except in pants!
The Shaykh : No, I am going to tell you, you brought an example and you answered with the correct answer, yet the reality is that they wear pants, why? It is not that the nature of their work obligates them.
The questioner : I am only ruling on those people.
The Shaykh : Listen, listen, my brother, may Allah guide you. Now I demand of you, bring me an example where the nature of their work requires that, and I will answer you!
The questioner : For example, a mechanic, for example, who works in factories that have machines?
The Shaykh : Okay, what does this require, wearing pants below the ankles or above the ankles?
The questioner : We did not speak about the ankles.
The Shaykh : I am speaking, may Allah guide you, I am speaking, not you. I am asking you now so that you know that all of these are excuses to smooth over the bad reality. Now answer me, does the nature of this mechanic's work require him to wear pants below the ankles?
The questioner : It makes no difference, meaning.
The Shaykh : No, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : No, no, it does not require it, excuse me.
The Shaykh : This is the answer. Yes, okay, what is the reality, is his pants below the ankles or not?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Why, so the issue is not that his work requires this dress. Be patient, you are asking and I am answering. Be patient, O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. You do not have a blonde like my story to be narrow-chested. Be patient.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : You may not be this person, but you may be a person who is tested with such a person who says, "I am forced, my work requires me to wear pants!"
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : It is not you, but you need to know how to convince him, so learn now the method of persuasion. And now you have known multiple examples. Doctors wear pants, is this not from the requirements of their medicine? I told you, bring an example. The nature of their profession requires them to wear pants. I brought you mechanics. Okay, I asked you, and I mean, I do not say this pants is long below the ankles. I told you, yes. Does their profession require it? The answer: No. So I ask you now, you observe, what is the meaning of requirement? What is more beneficial for the mechanic, that his pants are short or according to the Sunnah?
The questioner : Short.
The Shaykh : According to the Sunnah. And why do they not do it? Because we do not have this in the desert. We are not living because they want to smooth over this reality with the lowest justifications and interpretations for which Allah has not sent any authority.
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