Shaving The Beard: A Modern Effeminacy
Date: 2008-02-15
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Identifier: http://www.qss.org/articles/beard.html
Language: en
Subject: tazkiyah
Title: Shaving The Beard: A Modern Effeminacy
Created on: Wed Jan 09 15:07:26 -0500 2008
Updated on: Fri Feb 15 15:40:24 -0500 2008
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Abstract: ... uslim]. One should strive to imitate him (S) in his practices, as Allah (T) said (what means):In the Messenger of Allah is a good example for you to follow. [Al-Ahzab 33:21]And the Messenger (S) said: Verily, the best guidance is Muhammad's guidance. [Muslim] d. A Deviation from the Way of BelieversShaving the beard is a deviation from the way of believers. All the prophets (S), the sahbah (Prophet's companions), the great `ulamaa, and the righteous early Muslims of this Ummah (Nation) grew their beards. There is no report of a single one of them ever shaving his beard. Thus, this is their way, and Allah (T) says (in the meaning):Whoever disobeys the Messenger after guidance has been clarified to him, and follows other than the path of the believers, We shall give to him what he deserves and broil him in hell, which is the worst abode. [An-Nisaa 4:115] e. An Imitation of the DisbelieversShaving the beard is an imitation of the disbelievers. This has been emphasized in several hadiths of the Prophet (S). For example:Cut the moustaches and grow your beards. Be different from the Magians (followers of a religion that dominated in Persia). [Muslim]Cut your moustaches and leave your beards alone. Be different from the people of the scripture. [Muslim]Be different from the Mushrikin (those who worship other than Allah (T)); trim your moustaches and save your beards. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]We have been commanded to be different and distinct from the disbelievers, as in surat ul-Fatihah. Also, Allah (T) said (what means):Follow not the whims of those who have no knowledge (of Islam). [Al-Jathiyah 45:18]And His Messenger (S) said: Whoever imitates a people is but one of them. [Recorded by Abu Dawud, and judged to be authentic by al-Albani] f. Changing Allah's Creation without PermissionThe Messenger (S) declared that the women who change what Allah (T) has created (such as removing the hair from their faces or filing their teeth or tattooing their bodies) seeking by that to improve their appearance, are accursed by Allah (T). [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]The hadith mentioned women in particular because they normally seek to beautify themselves more than men. But the warning surely applies to both sexes, because the condition for the curse is declared, and thus the curse applies to anyone who satisfies such condition.Shaving the beard falls under this warning, as it is much worse than the Nam (removal ... [Full Article...]
