Ruling on shaving the beard completely or partially, and dyeing it black
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Question:
Some of our brothers shave their beards completely, while others leave a little on the tip of the chin. Some of them dye it with black dye, and then they all say: There is no prohibition or forbiddance, nor anything contrary to it, in the Book or the Sunnah regarding shaving the beard or dyeing it black, and nothing has come that establishes this. Knowing that some of them shave and some dye, and they consider themselves to be in the right according to their statements. We ask your Eminence for a sufficient and satisfying answer in this matter. Your sons / B. H. A, M. 'A. S, 'A. S. M.
Answer:
And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. And after:
It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the two Sahihs and others, from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:, and in a wording of al-Bukhari: , and Muslim narrated in his Sahih, from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: Sahih Muslim 260, and in Sahih Muslim from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: , and in the Sunan with a sound chain, from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: Sunan Abi Dawud 4212Sahih (Al-Albani) narrated by Abu Dawud, and al-Nasa'i. And this is a severe warning that indicates: that this action is from the major sins.
We ask Allah to protect us all from the causes of His anger, and from obeying desire and Satan.
Some of our brothers shave their beards completely, while others leave a little on the tip of the chin. Some of them dye it with black dye, and then they all say: There is no prohibition or forbiddance, nor anything contrary to it, in the Book or the Sunnah regarding shaving the beard or dyeing it black, and nothing has come that establishes this. Knowing that some of them shave and some dye, and they consider themselves to be in the right according to their statements. We ask your Eminence for a sufficient and satisfying answer in this matter. Your sons / B. H. A, M. 'A. S, 'A. S. M.
Answer:
And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. And after:
It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the two Sahihs and others, from the hadith of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:
Cut short the moustaches and let the beards grow, and differ from the polytheists.
قصوا الشوارب وأعفوا اللحى خالفوا المشركينTrim the mustaches and let the beards grow; differ from the polytheists
قصوا الشوارب، ووفروا اللحى؛ خالفوا المشركينTrim closely the moustache, and grow beard, and thus act against the fire-worshippers.
جزوا الشوارب وأرخوا اللحى خالفوا المجوسChange this gray hair, and avoid black
غيروا هذا الشيب، واجتنبوا السوادAt the end of time there will be people who will use this black dye like the crops of doves who will not experience the fragrance of Paradise.
يكون في آخر الزمان قوم يخضبون بالسواد كحواصل الحمام لا يريحون رائحة الجنةWe ask Allah to protect us all from the causes of His anger, and from obeying desire and Satan.
Source
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