Fatwa: # 19033
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: China
Date: 1st October 2010

Title

AOA! i want to ask did rasoolullah sallalahu alai wasalam use to trim or cut his beard with scissor or something or it should be allowed to grow untouched forever as i have a long beard.

Question

AOA! i want to ask did rasoolullah sallalahu alai wasalam use to trim or cut his beard with scissor or something or it should be allowed to grow untouched forever as i have a long beard.

Answer

In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful


Assalāmu ῾alaykum wa Rahmatullāhi Wabarakātuh

 

Please refer to the following link on the wujub of qabdah length of the beard and the action of Nabi kareem sallallāhu ῾alayhi wasallam in this regard.

 

http://www.askimam.org/fatwa/fatwa.php?askid=53c6e9f022bac2913ce82c0a7b426ac2

 

And Allāh Ta῾āla Knows Best
Wassalāmu ῾alaykum 

 

Ml. Abdur Rahman Shareef,
Student Dārul Iftā

 

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Dārul Iftā

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