Ruling on mocking the beard and shortening the garments
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Question:
What is the ruling on mocking the beard and shortening the garments to above the ankles?
Answer:
This is forbidden. Mocking the beard, mocking the shortening of garments, and not letting them hang down; this is a great evil. Its doer may be an apostate—may Allah protect us from that—he may become a disbeliever because of it. If his intention is to mock the religion, then this is apostasy from Islam. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: [Al-Tawbah: 65-66]. So mocking the beard, or the prayer, or fasting, or shortening the garments and not letting them hang down, this is a great danger. If his intention is to belittle the religion and disparage the religion, then he is an apostate from Islam—may Allah protect us from that.
What is the ruling on mocking the beard and shortening the garments to above the ankles?
Answer:
This is forbidden. Mocking the beard, mocking the shortening of garments, and not letting them hang down; this is a great evil. Its doer may be an apostate—may Allah protect us from that—he may become a disbeliever because of it. If his intention is to mock the religion, then this is apostasy from Islam. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
(65) And if you ask them, they will surely say, "We were only conversing and playing." Say, "Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?" (66) Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals.
قُلْ أَبِاللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ وَرَسُولِهِ كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِئُونَ لَا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمَانِكُمْ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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