The ruling on shaving the beard for one who fears for his life
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Question:
The one who fears for his life, for example, says: If I do not shave my beard, will I be imprisoned?
Answer:
No, this is from Shaytan and from Shaytan’s intimidation. As for if one is coerced, the door of coercion is well known, even in the case of shirk (associating partners with Allah): [Surah al-Nahl: 106]. The coercion involving beating... coercion has its own ruling.
Q: No, he is just afraid?
The Shaykh: No, that is not an excuse. The only excuse is coercion.
Q: Does coercion have to be by action?
The Shaykh: It is by beating, imprisonment, or threat from someone capable of carrying it out.
The one who fears for his life, for example, says: If I do not shave my beard, will I be imprisoned?
Answer:
No, this is from Shaytan and from Shaytan’s intimidation. As for if one is coerced, the door of coercion is well known, even in the case of shirk (associating partners with Allah):
Whoever disbelieves in Allah after his belief... except for one who is forced
مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ إِيمَانِهِ إِلَّا مَنْ أُكْرِهَQ: No, he is just afraid?
The Shaykh: No, that is not an excuse. The only excuse is coercion.
Q: Does coercion have to be by action?
The Shaykh: It is by beating, imprisonment, or threat from someone capable of carrying it out.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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