Question: Is there any evidentiary basis that permits trimming the beard, given that the apparent sense of the saying of the Prophet (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace): \u201cTrim closely the moustaches and let the beards grow,\u201d indicates the obligation of letting it grow, and that \u201cletting it grow\u201d (al-i\u02bff\u0101\u02be) means leaving it upon its natural state, as is well known \u2013 namely, that its hair be allowed to grow and not be cut like the moustache, as is stated in Nih\u0101yat Ibn al-Ath\u012br?
And this is further strengthened by the occurrence of some well-known narrations with the wording: \u201cMake the beards abundant,\u201d which was mentioned by my master, the genius \u02bfAl\u012b ibn Mu\u1e25ammad al-\u02bfAjr\u012b (may Allah have mercy on him) and others.
And does the aspect of \u201cdiffering from the polytheists\u201d \u2013 and in some narrations from the Magians, and in some from the Jews \u2013 indicate an emphasis on the obligation of letting it grow, or a prohibition of trimming it, as some scholars of legal theory have mentioned: that when a prohibition is coupled with censure it indicates an emphasis on the prohibition of the thing forbidden?
And in my mind is that Im\u0101m al-H\u0101d\u012b (Peace be upon Him) considered letting the beard grow to be of the Sunnah in the Kit\u0101b al-Sunnah, so what is the contextual indicator that diverts the command from obligation to recommendation? Or does he intend by \u201cSunnah\u201d the way and manner upon which the Prophet (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace) was, which would then include obligation \u2013 as is indicated by its being mentioned alongside circumcision, rinsing the mouth, inhaling water into the nose, and the like in some a\u1e25\u0101d\u012bth? Clarify for us the answer, for the earlier scholars of our land are strict regarding obligation. May Allah be with you. End of question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Is there any evidentiary basis that permits trimming the beard, given that the apparent sense of the saying of the Prophet (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace): \u201cTrim closely the moustaches and let the beards grow,\u201d indicates the obligation of letting it grow, and that \u201cletting it grow\u201d (al-i\u02bff\u0101\u02be)… Continue reading The ruling on trimming beards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1647,"featured_media":25060,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jet_sm_ready_style":"","_jet_sm_style":"","_jet_sm_controls_values":"","_jet_sm_fonts_collection":"","_jet_sm_fonts_links":"","almufti":["mr_allama_muhammad_abdullah_awad_al_muayyady"]},"fatwa-mufti":[],"fatwa-subject":[814],"class_list":["post-23801","fatwa","type-fatwa","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","fatwa-subject-book-of-clothing","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alorwahalwuthqa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fatwa\/23801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alorwahalwuthqa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fatwa"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alorwahalwuthqa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/fatwa"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alorwahalwuthqa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alorwahalwuthqa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alorwahalwuthqa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"fatwa-mufti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alorwahalwuthqa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fatwa-mufti?post=23801"},{"taxonomy":"fatwa-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alorwahalwuthqa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fatwa-subject?post=23801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}