Fatwa ID: 06997
Answered by: Maulana Burhaan Rahman
Question:
It’s 24*7 sin not have beard and to wear trousers below ankle and vice-versa if one performs both deeds he would get reward (sawab) 24*7.
So if one wears trousers above ankle and doesn’t have beard then, Will the reward of wearing trousers above ankle cancel the number of sins we would get by not having beard?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Because of the saheeh ahaadeeth that plainly declare this, shaving the beard and keeping garments below the ankles is Haram.
انْهَكُوا الشَّوَارِبَ، وَأَعْفُوا اللِّحَى
Leave the beard alone and trim the moustaches. [Bukhari Hadeeth no: 5893]
مَا أَسْفَلَ مِنَ الْكَعْبَيْنِ مِنَ الإِزَارِ فَفِي النَّارِ
The part of a garment which hangs below the ankles, is in the Fire. [Bukhari Hadeeth no: 5787]
Beard is a Sunnah that you carry with you at all times (same as wearing clothes – stays with you whilst wearing it at all times), just like having no beard, you carry it with you at all times. With regards to what sin or how much sin throughout the day etc., unless stated in the Qur’an and Hadeeth, only Allah SWT knows this. We would do sukoot (keep silent) regarding the sum of sin one accumulates throughout the day etc. The main thing is to acknowledge that it is a sin.
The only way one’s sin can be forgiven is mentioned in the Qur’an and Hadeeth:
اِلَّا مَنۡ تَابَ وَاٰمَنَ وَعَمِلَ عَمَلًاصَالِحًـا فَاُولٰٓـئِكَ يُبَدِّلُ اللّٰهُ سَيِّاٰتِهِمۡ حَسَنٰتٍ ؕ وَكَانَ اللّٰهُ غَفُوۡرًا رَّحِيۡمًا وَمَنۡ تَابَ وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًـا فَاِنَّهٗ يَتُوۡبُ اِلَى اللّٰهِ مَتَابًا
Except for those who repent, believe (in Islamic Monotheism), and do good actions; Allah will turn their sins into good deeds for them, because Allah is Most Merciful and Forgiving. And whoever repents and does good actions, then verily, he repents towards Allah with true repentance. [Furqaan verse 70-71]
So actually stopping that sin and asking for repentance and carrying on with righteous acts shall stimulate the sin to be forgiven. If one does two sins; and stops the first sin, it doesn’t mean that the second sin is then forgiven by default.
Only Allah knows best.
Written by Maulana Burhaan Rahman
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
