Discussion on taking from the beard what exceeds a handful.
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The Shaykh : We wanted to complete the discussion with Professor Abu Ubaydah, the well-known Abu Ubaydah.
I think my discussion reached the point regarding what I quoted from some people concerning the fact that when Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to the reporter that he did such and such, this indicates that all people were in disagreement with that. So I wanted to say, or I said, but I wanted to add to what I said. I said that our method in knowing what a society was like, and especially the society of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), is through ahad reports. This ahad report came to us from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that "he used to take from his beard what was less than a handful." If this is the case for one individual of that society, we know that he performed this action. Do you see what the other individuals of that society were doing? Were they doing what he did, or were they contradicting him? It is necessary to continue the research and continue the narrations related to this detail, and I will do so if Allah wills. But before that, I want to link this issue to the previous topic. There is a general text Do you see if this leaving of the beard is in its unrestricted form with no limit, or is it not so? This undoubtedly returns to the example we discussed, where we said that if something was not an apparent matter and the causes for transmitting it were present, yet it was not transmitted, the non-transmission despite the presence of causes for transmission indicates that this matter did not occur, is that not so? Now, we see that with the fewness of those who grow beards today, and with the fewness of these people, we find some of them, what Allah willed, their beards almost fill their chests. What do you think if all people were like the time of the beginning, where you hardly find a shaven one among them? There must be corroborating reports, if not mass-transmitted reports, that so-and-so's beard reached here, and so-and-so's reached here, as you told me, may Allah bless you, Abu Ubaydah.
I think my discussion reached the point regarding what I quoted from some people concerning the fact that when Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to the reporter that he did such and such, this indicates that all people were in disagreement with that. So I wanted to say, or I said, but I wanted to add to what I said. I said that our method in knowing what a society was like, and especially the society of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), is through ahad reports. This ahad report came to us from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that "he used to take from his beard what was less than a handful." If this is the case for one individual of that society, we know that he performed this action. Do you see what the other individuals of that society were doing? Were they doing what he did, or were they contradicting him? It is necessary to continue the research and continue the narrations related to this detail, and I will do so if Allah wills. But before that, I want to link this issue to the previous topic. There is a general text
And let the beards grow
وأعفوا اللحى
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