{"id":7297,"date":"2013-12-07T15:35:20","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T15:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=7297"},"modified":"2013-12-07T15:35:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T15:35:20","slug":"the-length-of-the-beard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/the-length-of-the-beard\/","title":{"rendered":"The length of the beard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFatwa ID: 01503<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswered by <\/strong>Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tQuestion:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe length of the beard<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswer:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Bismillah\"<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Prophet of Allah \"\u1e63allall\u0101hu commanded men to leave the beard alone and to let it grow naturally.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Prophet of Allah \"\u1e63allall\u0101hu said, ‘Trim the moustache and leave the beard.’   (Sahih Bukhari p.875 v.2)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSaaiduna Ibn Umar \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu narrates that the Prophet of Allah \"\u1e63allall\u0101hu said ‘Oppose the mushrikeen, leave the beards and trim the moustaches’.  When Saaiduna Ibn Umar \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu went for Hajj or Umrah, he would grasp his beard by his hand and remove what was in excess of it.   (Sahih Bukhari p. 875 v.2)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSaaiduna Abu Hurairah \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu narrates that the Prophet of Allah \"\u1e63allall\u0101hu said, ‘Cut off moustaches, leave beards and oppose the mushrikeen.’   (Sahih Muslim)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the Hanafi Madhab it is considered impermissible to trim or shorten the beard less than a fistful.   (Raddul Muhtar p. 583 v.9)  Moreover, the practice of the Prophet of Allah Sallallahu Alahi Wasalam was to have a beard equivalent to a fistful. <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAbu Mamar relates we asked Saaiduna Khabbah \"ra\u1e0dyAll\u0101hu whether the Prophet of Allah \"\u1e63allall\u0101hu used to recite the Quran in the Zuhr and Asr prayers.  He replied yes. We said, ‘How did you come to know this? He replied, ‘From the movement of his beard.’   (Sahih Bukhari p.105 v.1)<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWith regards to your question the texts where the word “sunnah” is used to show that it is only a sunnah to have a fistful of beard means that the ruling is established through sunnah i.e. hadith. The technical meaning of sunnah is not meant here.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOnly Allah Knows Best<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDarul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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