Fatwa ID: 06066
Answered by: Shaykh Ahmed Bin Mohamed Umarji
Question:
Can the hair that is on the right and left side of the soul patch be removed/trimmed
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
According to Hanafi jurists, the beard is that which is on the jawbone1. Since the soul patch is a single small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin2 and not on the jawbone it will be permissible to cut it and the hair on its sides.
Only Allah knows best
Written by Shaykh Ahmed Bin Mohamed Umarji
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
1 Maraqi-Al-Falah, Page 29, al maktaba-al assriya 2007
اللحية فوق عظم الأسنان
2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_patch