Allaah the Mighty and Majestic has made the figure of the human being very well and pleasing. As He said, “We have certainly created the human being in the best of moulds.” [Sooratut-Teen 95:4] [1] He made the man having a beard, with which beauty and dignity augments. Such that, it is a crown of a man’s face. The Position of the Beard in Islam So long as the mentality of the Muslims was secure from the hue of the polytheists, and the Jews and the Christians and their like, both, whether man or woman, considered the beard to be an adornment and beauty for the man. Accordingly, Ibn Batootah in his travelogue entitled, Tuhfatun- Nazaar fee ’Ajaa‘ibil-Asfaar (1/17) records an occurrence which goes as follows: Shaykh Jamaalud-Deen Saawee was a very handsome person. Hence, one woman was infatuated with him, and through some type of pretense, called in to her house. After entering she had the doors closed. Then she called the Shaykh towards her for evil (fornication). The Shaykh tried his best to escape. However, when he did not find any means of escape, he first decided to go to the toiletand after entering, he took a blade and shaved his beard with it. When he came out, the woman found his face to be so hideous that she was disgusted with him. Thus he came out safe and secure, escaping evil. Dear brothers consider this: When the mind was pure, the divine shape was liked by everyone. When the mind became impure, the good appearance appeared bad and the bad appearance appeared good. In fact, this is a mischief of shaytaan who dared to speak before Allaah the Mighty and Majestic and said, “I will surely take from among Your servants a specific portion. And I will mislead them, and I will arouse in them [sinful] desires, and I will command them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and I will command them so they will change thecreation of Allaah.” [Sooratun- Nisaa‘ 4:118-119] Meaning, the ways and means of leading astray that he directed Allaah’s servants to. Among them was that he would instruct them that they should change Allaah’s form of creation. And the Divine Commandment goes as follows, So direct your face towards the religion, haneef (upright on the truth). Adhere to the fitrah [2] of Allaah, upon which He has created the people. No change should there be in the creation of Allaah. That is the straight religion, but most of the people do not know.” [Sooratur- Room 30:30] And likewise shaving of the beard resembles oneself to the woman, about which there is a severe threat. It is narrated from Ibn Abbaas(radiyallaahu ’anhu) that the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) has cursed the men whoimitate women and the women who imitate men. Dear onlookers, that deed on which is the curse of Allaah and His Messenger (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) is considered a very major and perilous sin. Al-’Allaamah Ibn Hajr al-Haythamee has included it among the major sins in az- Zawaajir ’an Iqtiraafil-Kabaa‘ir. And externally, the beard is man’s specific distinction, and the absence of the beard is the woman’s specific distinction. So whoever shaves the beard certainly resembles the woman. Imaam al-Ghazzaalee says in Ihyaa’ ’Uloomud-Deen (2/257), “And with it, meaning the beard, men are distinguished from women.” So he (the man) is included in this severe threat. Accordingly, there is a mention of Haroon’s (’alayhis- salaatu was-salaam) beard in the Noble Qur‘aan, “O son of my mother, do not seize me by the beard or by my head.” [Soorah Ta- Ha 20:94] Also, there is a mention of both Moosaa (’alayhis-salaatu was- salaam) and Aadam’s (’alayhis- salaatu was-salaam) beard in ad- Durrul-Manthoor (1/62). And there is also an ordered in the Qur‘aan, “Those (Prophets) are the ones to whom Allaah has guided, so take their guidance as anexample.” [Sooratul-An’aam 6:90] it has affirmed and emphasized it. Therefore, our Supreme Guide,Master of the Prophets and Messengers, Muhammad’s (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) blessed beard filled his chest. As is related by Yazeed al-Farsee in Shamaa‘ilut-Tirmidhee, “Chapter of Seeing the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) in a Dream,’ who said, ‘Indeed, I saw the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) in a dream.’ So he said,‘Verily, the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) used to say, “Indeed, the Shaytaan cannot imitate me, so whoever has seen me in a dream has indeed seen me.” Can you describe the person you have seen in the dream?’ I said. ‘Yes. I will describe him between the spectrum of two men. His body and flesh were moderate, complexion was brown- skinned, inclining towards whiteness, eyes were kohl- smeared, smile was pleasant, figure was beautiful and round-like, his beard reaching here to here and it filled his chest.’ So Ibn ’Abbaas said, ‘If you had seen him while awake, you could not have described him beyond that.’ Dear readers, shaving the beard is [indeed] distinguished of oneself, meaning, making oneself defective. In Mu’jamul-Kabeer (11/41), there is a narration by Ibn ’Abbaas (radiyallaahu ’anhu), “Indeed, the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever disfigures his hair, there is no share for him with Allaah.” From Ibn ’Umar, who said, ‘The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said, “Differ from the mushrikeen (polytheists), save the beards and trim the moustaches.” And in another narration, “Sharply trim the moustaches and leave the beards.” And likewise shaving of the beard resembles oneself to the woman, about which there is a severe threat. It is narrated from Ibn Abbaas(radiyallaahu ’anhu) that the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) has cursed the men whoimitate women and the women who imitate men.
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