Questioned about the hadith (Do not trim the beards): Does it indicate maintaining the beard?
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The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh. You mentioned a hadith, meaning in al-Silsilah al-Sahihah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came upon a group of the Ansar whose beards were white, so he said to them, and they said: O Messenger of Allah, the Jews shave their beards and dye them red. He said: And they trim their beards. They said: Their beards. May Allah reward you with good. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them, and it does not come to my mind, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is not important, the meaning, the meaning.
The questioner : That he said, meaning he ordered them to differ from them.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : That he ordered them to differ from the People of the Book.
The Shaykh: In what?
The questioner : And he said.
The Shaykh : In what do they differ from them?
The questioner : In trimming their beards, their beards, and shaving and dyeing red. So may Allah bless you, O Shaykh. The point of the question is that they asked him, they said they trim their beards, they trim their beards. So the question is about trimming, and trimming, as is known, O Shaykh, is less than shaving. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not agree with them on this trimming, but rather he ordered them to maintain their beards.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : So he said: Does this not, O Shaykh, indicate maintaining the beard and letting it grow?
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh. You mentioned a hadith, meaning in al-Silsilah al-Sahihah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came upon a group of the Ansar whose beards were white, so he said to them, and they said: O Messenger of Allah, the Jews shave their beards and dye them red. He said: And they trim their beards. They said: Their beards. May Allah reward you with good. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them, and it does not come to my mind, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is not important, the meaning, the meaning.
The questioner : That he said, meaning he ordered them to differ from them.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : That he ordered them to differ from the People of the Book.
The Shaykh: In what?
The questioner : And he said.
The Shaykh : In what do they differ from them?
The questioner : In trimming their beards, their beards, and shaving and dyeing red. So may Allah bless you, O Shaykh. The point of the question is that they asked him, they said they trim their beards, they trim their beards. So the question is about trimming, and trimming, as is known, O Shaykh, is less than shaving. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not agree with them on this trimming, but rather he ordered them to maintain their beards.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : So he said:
Maintain your beards
أوفروا عثانينكم
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