{"id":20247,"date":"2021-03-08T11:50:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T11:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=20247"},"modified":"2021-03-08T11:53:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T11:53:58","slug":"is-it-better-to-shave-or-trim-the-mustache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/is-it-better-to-shave-or-trim-the-mustache\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Better To Shave or Trim the Mustache"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 04987<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Imam Abdul-Malik Sheikh<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">I had a question concerning the ruling on cutting the mustache. I have heard it is better to both trim and shave the mustache. Is it permissible to do both? If so, is it preferred to do one over the other?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The scholars agree that it is impermissible to shave the bear<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">d. This is established from many authentic ahadith such as the following<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u201cDiffer from those who ascribe partners to Allah (<em>al-mushrikin<\/em>): leave beards to grow, and trim mustaches.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">With regards to the mustache then what is clear from the narrations is that we should not let it grow long. There are narrations that mention cutting and some mentioning trimming:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>\u201cTrim<\/u><\/strong><strong> (your<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>) mustaches and lengthen\/grow (your) beards.\u201d <\/strong>(Bukhari and Muslim)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>\u201cCut<\/u><\/strong><strong> off mustaches, leave beards and do otherwise than the fire-worshippers.\u201d<\/strong> (Sahih Muslim,)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Based on these narrations you can either trim or cut the mustache and you will be rewarded for this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">References:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Al-Lubab Fi Sharh al-Kitab, Vol 2 p 41, Dar Al-Ma\u2019rifa, Beirut<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Al-Ashbah Wal Nazair of Ibn Nujaym , p79, Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Imam Abdul-Malik Sheikh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 04987 &nbsp; Answered by: Imam Abdul-Malik Sheikh &nbsp; Question &nbsp; I had a question concerning the ruling on cutting the mustache. 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