Discussion of the report of Ibn 'Umar regarding taking from the beard above a handful.

The Shaykh : For this reason, Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), when he performed Hajj or 'Umrah—and I am certain about Hajj, but I have some doubt regarding 'Umrah—would grasp his beard, and whatever exceeded the handful, he would cut off. He considered this to be part of completing the shortening, or that the beard is subordinate to the head, such that something must be taken from it. Does he always take from it? So, do we say that we follow the action of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), such that when we perform Hajj, each of us grasps his beard and cuts off whatever exceeds it? Or do we follow the saying of the Messenger? We follow the saying of the Messenger. We follow the saying of the Messenger. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There are multiple wordings. Do we invalidate the generality of these wordings and follow the action of Ibn 'Umar? No, even if Ibn 'Umar was among those who narrated the hadith commanding the growing of the beard. Some people say: This narrator, Ibn 'Umar, is more knowledgeable about what he narrated. We say: Praise be to Allah, his action is his opinion, his action is his opinion, and his narration is a narration, a report about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Do we follow what he reported about the Messenger, or what he opined? What he opined? With what? With what the Messenger reported. As for his opinion, he may be wrong or he may be right. And whoever wants to look into hadiths where the narrator contradicted what he narrated, and the scholars considered his narration over his opinion, let him refer to the book of Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) in "Al-Sawa'iq al-Mursalah", not in the book "I'lam al-Muwaqqi'in". In the book *I'lam al-Muwaqqi'in*, he mentioned about twenty hadiths where the narrator contradicted what he narrated, so people took what he narrated, not what he opined. So, is the tawhid of following (the Prophet) correct, or not correct? But we do not attach it to the tawhid of the Creator (Mighty and Majestic). And our discussion regarding the tawhid of the Creator is in three categories, as the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) have stated.