Muhammad al-Jibaly
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A concise treatise on the beard according to the Quran and Sunnah.book
is part of a series titled, “Enter into Islaam Completely”, which deals
with various issues that are of importance for Muslims, but are
underplayed or even slighted by many. When one of these issues is
brought up, you often hear the objection, “This is merely an issue of
peel! Let us only deal with the important issues of the core!”
Classifying the teachings of Islaam into “core” and “peel” is a bid’ah
that affects the hearts of the common people in a most detrimental way,
and leads them to belittling many of the acts of worship and traits of
the Islamic character, thereby approving wrong acts and rejecting good
ones based on a crooked scale that they have developed. Allah commands
the believers to adhere to Islaam in its totality; He says: “O you who
believe! Enter into Islaam completely, and do not follow the footsteps
of Satan. Verily, he is to you a clear enemy.” The true way to guidance
and prosperity is through correcting our apparent deeds by complete
adherence to the Sunnah, and our hearts by sincerity and continued
watchfulness of Allah. May He grant us guidance and facilitation.
Definition
The Arabic word for beard is lihyah. It
derives from lahy (jaw) and lahyan (the two jaws). Thus, a beard is
defined as the hair that grows on the cheeks and jaws- [Al-Qamus
ul-Muhit by al-Fayruzabadi, and Lisan ul-Arab by Ibn Manzur]. It
includes the hair that grows on the temples, underneath the lower lip,
the hair of the chin, and the hair that grows on the lower side of the
jaws.
Ruling
Growing the beard is wajib (mandatory)
for all males who are capable of doing so. As will be presented below,
there is ample evidence for this in the Sunnah, and it is the unanimous
opinion of the ‘ulama’ of Islam.
Position of the Scholars
All the ‘ulama’ (scholars) of as-Salaf
us-Salih (the Righteous early Muslims), including the Four Imams, agree
that shaving the beard is haram (prohibited). They consider shaving it
an impermissible mutilation, as has been reported from Umar Bin Abdul
Aziz- [At-Tarikh by Ibn Asakir]. They considered the man who shaved his
beard effeminate. Many of them would not accept his testimony or allow
him to lead the prayers.
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