Ruling on shaving the cheeks

[Yaqinud Din]

Assalamu Alaikum



Question:

What is the ruling on shaving the beard, and the ruling on shaving the cheeks and leaving the beard and moustache? Answer:

Shaving the beard is not permissible, according to the saying of the Prophet Salallaahu alayhi wasallam in an authentic Hadith:

"Clip your moustaches and grow your beards, differ from the polytheists." (Al-Bukhari no.5892 and Muslim no.259)

and his words:

"Pare your moustaches and leave your beards, differ from the Zoroastrians." (Muslim no.260)

The beard is what grows on the cheeks and on the chin, as defined by the author of Al-Lisan and Al-Qamus. It is obligatory to leave the hair which grows on the cheeks and chin and not to shave it or cut it. May Allaah correct the situation of all the Muslims.

___________________________________ Lisanul-'Arab and Al-Qamus al-Muhit: Two famous Arabic dictionaries.

Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz Fatawa Islamiyah vol.8, p.240, DARUSSALAM

 

[GTv13]

If you like to have a beard or not is up to you,that choice God the Almighty left up to us.Shaving the beard does not make you an unbeliever..
peace.

 

[muslima]

Assalaamalikum,
Like u said shaving the beard doesnt make one an unbeliever..Is it permissible to keep a moustache too.

 

[Yaqinud Din]

Assalamu Alaikum

Hadith - Bukhari 7:781, Narrated Ibn 'Umar

[font=Helvetica, Arial]Allah's Apostle [font=Helvetica, Arial]

[/font] said, "Cut the moustaches short and leave the beard (as it is)."[/font]




Hadith - Muslim, Narrated AbuHurayrah

[font=Helvetica, Arial]The Messenger of Allah [font=Helvetica, Arial]

[/font] said: Trim closely the moustache, and grow beard, and thus act against the fire-worshippers.[/font]


Hadith - Bukhari 9:651, Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri

[font=Helvetica, Arial]The Prophet [font=Helvetica, Arial]

[/font] said, "There will emerge from the East some people who will recite the Qur'an but it will not exceed their throats and who will go out of (renounce) the religion (Islam) as an arrow passes through the game, and they will never come back to it unless the arrow, comes back to the middle of the bow (by itself) (i.e., impossible)." The people asked, "What will their signs be?" He said, "Their sign will be the habit of shaving (of their beards)." (Fateh Al-Bari, Page 322, Vol. 17th)[/font]


Hadith - Muwatta 51.7 [font=Helvetica, Arial]Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Ata ibn Yasar told him that the Messenger of Allah [font=Helvetica, Arial]

[/font] was in the mosque when a man came in with dishevelled hair and beard. The Messenger of Allah [font=Helvetica, Arial]

[/font] motioned with his hand that he should be sent out to groom his hair and beard. The man did so and then returned. The Messenger of Allah [font=Helvetica, Arial]

[/font]said, "Isn't this better than that one of you should come with his head dishevelled, as if he were a shaytan?"[/font]


Brothers the bread is a must for a muslim man if you are true in following the Prophet (pbuh) then grow your breads

Allah knows best

 

[GTv13]

Yeah I dont see why it would be unislamic to keep a moustache or not.
Dont listen to all the Sunnah and Hadith,most of it is made up by people.
Not to mention prophet Muhammmed is not telling us his Hadith and Sunnah himself, for a reason,but others are talking for him.
The people who say that keeping a beard is a must for all the Muslims must be on crack or somthing.Lets face it not all the men can have a beard,some just dont have much facial hair.
The Quran is what we should follow not the Sunnah and the Hadith.Quran is from God the Almighty and it is the only Message/Book prophet Muhammed left us.
peace.