Is shaving the beard a sin against the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for which one is punished?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : In the last of this questioner's questions, he asks: Is shaving the beard a sin against the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for which one is punished?
The Shaykh : Shaving the beard is a sin against the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), a departure from the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and following the Sunnah of the Zoroastrians and the polytheists.
The evidence for this is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) He said, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him, and he clarified the nature of the difference in his saying So whoever shaves his beard has disobeyed the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his saying And whoever shaves his beard has followed the path of the Zoroastrians and the polytheists. And whoever shaves his beard has contradicted the guidance of the Prophets and the Messengers, for they, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon them, had beards. Have you not heard the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, regarding Harun (Aaron) that he said to Musa (Moses) [Taha 20:94] Have you not been informed that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a thick, large beard? So the one who shaves his beard is one who contradicts the fitrah (the innate natural disposition), because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that letting the beard grow is from the fitrah. And in this, the one who shaves his beard falls into these four prohibitions: contradicting the guidance of the Prophets and the Messengers, conforming to the guidance of the Zoroastrians and the polytheists, disobeying the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and contradicting the fitrah upon which Allah created people. So those whom Allah has tested with this should repent to Allah the Exalted with sincerity and devotion, and not persist in what they did while they know it.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, esteemed Shaykh, and may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Shaving the beard is a sin against the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), a departure from the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and following the Sunnah of the Zoroastrians and the polytheists.
The evidence for this is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Differ from the Zoroastrians, differ from the polytheists, let the beards grow, and trim the mustaches.
خالفوا المجوس خالفوا المشركين وفروا اللحى وحفوا الشواربDiffer from the polytheists, differ from the Zoroastrians.
خالفوا المشركين خالفوا المجوسLet the beards grow and trim the mustaches.
وفروا اللحى وحفوا الشواربLet the beards grow.
وفروا اللحىO son of my mother, do not seize [me] by my beard or by my head
يَا ابنَ أُمَّ لا تَأخُذ بِلِحيَتي وَلا بِرَأسيThe questioner : May Allah reward you, esteemed Shaykh, and may Allah bless you.