My question is what is the lenth of beard(Darhi) by shrea
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Sweet Burhan Bhai,, My question is what is the lenth of beard(Darhi) by shrea,
because i have seen in all arabic countries to all Imam of mosque. They kept
beard like trim not according to Sunnah, So please try to explain me according
to Shreaa.
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Answer:
Length of beard
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Growing a beard was considered
normal and natural for a man at the time of the Messenger of Allah (saws), whether he was a believer or not. Even the enemies of Islam like Abu Jahl and
Abu Lahb had beards! And because every
man naturally grew a beard, it was not
necessary for the Prophet (saws) to give an explicit command exhorting the
believers to grow a beard.
The only specific saying of the
Prophet (saws) regarding the keeping of beards arose when he saw that the
pagans used to grow both their beards and their mustaches long; thus he (saws) said to the believers:
Ibn 'Umar related
that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "Differ from the polytheists: let
your beards (grow), and trim your moustache."
Related by
al-Bukhari and Muslim.
It was only a couple of
centuries ago, when the western culture
and ideology became dominant over the world and muslim lands, that it became a fashion to be clean
shaven. And as with any dominant
culture, people are always ready to
adopt its actions, whether they are of
virtue, or of vice! But Islam has its
own culture, and growing a beard is part
of the Islamic culture.
The question is why should a
believer, who professes to believe in
Allah and the Last Day, and who
professes to follow the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws), want to grow a beard?
The answer is simple. Today, you
might have seen many youngsters copy the fashion of sport-stars,
Hollywood-stars or anybody else whom they love. If you notice today, many hot
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 33 Surah Ahzab verse 21:
There is indeed the
best model for you in the Messenger of Allah, for every such person looks
forward to Allah and the Last Day, and remember Allah much.
In another narration, the
Prophet of Allah said in narrating a prophecy of times to come:
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 9.651 Narrated by Abu Said
Al Khudri
The Prophet (saws)
said: “There will emerge from the East some people who will recite the Quran,
but it will not exceed their throats, and who will go out of the deen of Islam
as an arrow passes through the game. They will never come back to it unless the
arrow comes back to the middle of the bow by itself (i.e. impossible!). The
companions asked, "What will their signs be?". The Prophet (saws) said:
"Their sign will be the habit of shaving off of their beards".
Thus the keeping of beards is an
encouraged and preferred Sunnah of the Prophet (saws) and every muslim must
strive to keep a beard, if his model is indeed the Prophet of Allah (saws). He
will get his due reward from Allah, Insha Allah, if he keeps the beard to
follow the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws).
But if a believer does not want
to sport a beard or wishes to trim his beard short for whatever reason, the
other believers should not make an issue out of it. What is important in Islam and in the Sight
of Allah, is that one truly believes and does good righteous deeds. And when that happens, it is expected that
the beard will follow soon after!
The beard is nothing more than a
sign that the believer truly wants to follow a Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah
(saws). There are many people who have
long beards, but do deeds against the
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws).
And there are many people who are amongst the best believers, but do not have beards! Allah will not decide the recipient of His
Mercy and His Forgiveness from the appearance of the individual; but rather He will decide whether the person
believed and did righteous deeds, as he was commanded by Allah and His
Messenger (saws).
Your Question: My question is what is the
lenth of beard(Darhi) by shrea,
Because each individual has been blessed by nature to have
different levels of facial hair-growth, to the best of our knowledge there is
no specific injunction in Shariah Law regarding the exact length of beard a
believer is obliged to adorn. There are
unverified reports from some companions of the Noble Prophet (saws) who said
that they would hold the beard in the fist of their hands and whatever exceeded
that, they would trim that, while other reports say that the beards of some
other companions would be long unto their chests. And Allah Alone Knows best.
What is certain and recorded in the authentic and
established narrations regarding the beard is this narration from Hadrat
Abdullah ibn Umar (r.a.):
Ibn 'Umar related
that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "Differ from the polytheists: let
your beards (grow), and trim your moustache."
Related by
al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
