What is the response to those who permit trimming the beard?
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Question:
We have a teacher who trims his beard and says that it is permissible, citing the statement of Imam al-Shafi'i, which I believe is correct...?
Answer:
He should be advised, he should be advised. No one has a say against the Sunnah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:.
Q: Al-Shafi'i says that trimming is permissible?
The Shaykh: Even if, even if, he is teaching, al-Shafi'i and anyone other than al-Shafi'i is not an authority for contradicting the Sunnah, neither al-Shafi'i nor anyone else.
Q: He says that the scholars Ibn Baz and Ibn Uthaymeen cite the statement of Imam Ahmad?
The Shaykh: If the Messenger of Allah has spoken, the matter ends. Not Ahmad or anyone else, not al-Shafi'i or anyone else. Ibn Abbas said: "It is almost upon you that stones will fall from the sky. I say, 'The Messenger of Allah said,' and you say, 'Abu Bakr and Umar said.'" Abu Bakr and Umar, who are they, and where are al-Shafi'i and Ahmad? Abu Bakr and Umar are greater than al-Shafi'i, Ahmad, Abu Hanifah, and Malik. Ibn Abbas rebuked them when they contradicted the Sunnah by following the statements of Abu Bakr and Umar.
We have a teacher who trims his beard and says that it is permissible, citing the statement of Imam al-Shafi'i, which I believe is correct...?
Answer:
He should be advised, he should be advised. No one has a say against the Sunnah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Cut the beards short, let the beards grow, and be distinct from the polytheists.
قصوا الشوارب، ووفروا اللحى، خالفوا المشركينQ: Al-Shafi'i says that trimming is permissible?
The Shaykh: Even if, even if, he is teaching, al-Shafi'i and anyone other than al-Shafi'i is not an authority for contradicting the Sunnah, neither al-Shafi'i nor anyone else.
Q: He says that the scholars Ibn Baz and Ibn Uthaymeen cite the statement of Imam Ahmad?
The Shaykh: If the Messenger of Allah has spoken, the matter ends. Not Ahmad or anyone else, not al-Shafi'i or anyone else. Ibn Abbas said: "It is almost upon you that stones will fall from the sky. I say, 'The Messenger of Allah said,' and you say, 'Abu Bakr and Umar said.'" Abu Bakr and Umar, who are they, and where are al-Shafi'i and Ahmad? Abu Bakr and Umar are greater than al-Shafi'i, Ahmad, Abu Hanifah, and Malik. Ibn Abbas rebuked them when they contradicted the Sunnah by following the statements of Abu Bakr and Umar.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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