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Subject: About the Beard
Author: Walid Mousa	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:48:20 01/19/03 Sun Author Host/IP: hky-66-190-147-208.nc.charter.com/66.190.147.208 Alsalamo alaikum I understand that you should let the beard grow. However, can it be trimed? [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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Laila Nasheeba
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Date Posted: 09:32:57 01/20/03 Mon
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As Salaamu Alaikoum,

In regards to trimming the beard some scholars say you are allowed to do so if the beard is more than a fistful.

However, the majority of the scholars say you can not trim the beard based on the following evidence:

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: �Trim the moustache and let the beard grow; be different from the mushrikeen.� (Saheeh, agreed upon, narrated from Ibn �Umar).

Al-Bukhaari (may Allaah have mercy on him) narrated in his Saheeh from �Ibn �Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: �Cut the moustache and leave the beard alone; be different from the mushrikeen.�

Muslim narrated in his Saheeh from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: �Trim the moustache and let the beard grow; be different from the Magians (Zoroastrians).�

With regard to the report narrated by al-Tirmidhi (may Allaah have mercy on him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to trim something from the length and breadth of his beard, this is a false report according to the scholars, and it is not a saheeh report from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Some people clung to this hadeeth to prove their point, but it is a report which is not saheeh, because its isnaad includes �Umar ibn Haaroon al-Balkhi, who was accused of lying.

AND ALLAH KNOWS BEST

Laila Nasheeba