What is the authenticity of the hadith: “That the Prophet used to take from his beard”?
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Question:
What is the authenticity of the hadith narrated by al-Tirmidhi (may Allah have mercy on him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to take from his beard in length and width?
Answer:
This is a false report according to the scholars; it is not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Some people have clung to it, but it is a report that is not authentic, because in its chain is 'Umar ibn Harun al-Balkhi, who is accused of lying.
Therefore, it is not permissible for a believer to cling to this false hadith, nor to take a dispensation based on what some scholars say or do regarding shortening the beard or taking what exceeds a handful; because that contradicts the authentic, established hadiths from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanding the letting of the beard to grow, completing it, letting it hang down, cutting the mustache, and shaving it, as in the two Sahihs from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and as in Sahih Muslim from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) ; because the Sunnah governs everyone, and Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says: [Al-Nisa: 80], and He says: [Al-Nur: 54], and He says: [Al-Nur: 63], and success is from Allah, and there is no power or strength except in Him.
What is the authenticity of the hadith narrated by al-Tirmidhi (may Allah have mercy on him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to take from his beard in length and width?
Answer:
This is a false report according to the scholars; it is not authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Some people have clung to it, but it is a report that is not authentic, because in its chain is 'Umar ibn Harun al-Balkhi, who is accused of lying.
Therefore, it is not permissible for a believer to cling to this false hadith, nor to take a dispensation based on what some scholars say or do regarding shortening the beard or taking what exceeds a handful; because that contradicts the authentic, established hadiths from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanding the letting of the beard to grow, completing it, letting it hang down, cutting the mustache, and shaving it, as in the two Sahihs from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and as in Sahih Muslim from the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) ; because the Sunnah governs everyone, and Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:
He who obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah
مَّنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللّهَSay, "Obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon him is only that [duty] with which he has been charged, and upon you is that with which you have been charged. And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification."
قُلْ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ فَإِن تَوَلَّوا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ مَا حُمِّلَ وَعَلَيْكُم مَّا حُمِّلْتُمْ وَإِن تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا وَمَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُSo let those beware who dissent from the Prophet's order, lest fitnah strike them or a painful punishment.
فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخَالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ أَن تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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