What is the ruling on removing hair from the ears and the neck?

The questioner : The hair on the ears, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : There is no objection to this; it falls under the category of filth and dirt that accumulates in the ear...

Another questioner : There is no objection to removing it, meaning

The Shaykh : From what? From removing it? Yes, there is no objection.

The questioner : ... and the back, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : There is no objection, because this... I missed it... this is not part of the beard.

The questioner : Where is the beard, and what are its boundaries?

The Shaykh : ... the chin, the chin, this bone under the bone, where the bone ends, that is the boundary of the beard.

Another questioner : A hadith, O Shaykh, ... one of the students of knowledge mentioned to us that the hadith is found in Sunan Abu Dawud. Is this correct?

The Shaykh : "May Allah curse the one who plucks his eyebrows"?

Another questioner : "May Allah curse the one who plucks his eyebrows," not "the one who plucks his eyebrows" (as a noun).

The Shaykh : You have the hadith of al-Bukhari. I intended to mention it, but the time ran out. As for the word "the one who plucks his eyebrows," it is not authentic, but this hadith suffices for that, and this is a matter for another discussion.