Is it permissible to remove hair from under the chin and from the face?
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The questioner : Regarding the beard, is it permissible to remove hair from under the chin or from the face, or to shorten it?
The Shaykh : As for the face, no. Your question, may Allah will it, contains three questions. As for removing the beard from the face, it is not permissible, because the hair that grows on the cheeks is part of the beard. As for removing the hair that grows on the throat, it is permissible, because it is not part of the beard. As for removing from the beard itself, there is a detail: what exceeds a handful is permissible to remove, otherwise it is not.
The questioner : Is this a general ruling, meaning a general ruling?
The Shaykh : I do not think it is anything other than that.
The questioner : Or is it specific to Ibn 'Umar?
The Shaykh : Why are we talking about Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him? This ruling is not specific to Ibn 'Umar, and Ibn 'Umar does not stand out among the Muslims with a ruling that the Lord of the Worlds made specific to him.
The questioner : This was his action...
The Shaykh : Yes, but it is not said that this ruling is specific to him. You have a question regarding what he used to do; that is fine, it is possible. But to say that it is specific to Ibn 'Umar, no. First, this was not established from Ibn 'Umar alone.
The Shaykh : As for the face, no. Your question, may Allah will it, contains three questions. As for removing the beard from the face, it is not permissible, because the hair that grows on the cheeks is part of the beard. As for removing the hair that grows on the throat, it is permissible, because it is not part of the beard. As for removing from the beard itself, there is a detail: what exceeds a handful is permissible to remove, otherwise it is not.
The questioner : Is this a general ruling, meaning a general ruling?
The Shaykh : I do not think it is anything other than that.
The questioner : Or is it specific to Ibn 'Umar?
The Shaykh : Why are we talking about Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him? This ruling is not specific to Ibn 'Umar, and Ibn 'Umar does not stand out among the Muslims with a ruling that the Lord of the Worlds made specific to him.
The questioner : This was his action...
The Shaykh : Yes, but it is not said that this ruling is specific to him. You have a question regarding what he used to do; that is fine, it is possible. But to say that it is specific to Ibn 'Umar, no. First, this was not established from Ibn 'Umar alone.
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