Keeping a beard
Question
Please inform me of the Sunnah way of keeping a beard? Please let me know of the areas which you can shave and which you cannot.
Answer
According to the Ulama it is waajib to grow the beard to the extent of one fist from all sides. Cutting or trimming it less than a fist is impermissible. The beard commences from the protruding bone that is in line of the upper ear. The hair on the cheek can be cut as this does not form part of the beard.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
وحد الوجه من قصاص الشعر إلى أسفل الذقن وإلى شحمتي الأذن لأن المواجهة تقع بهذه الجملة وهو مشتق منها (الهداية 1/16)
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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