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I think the point abdulwahhab was trying to make is that according to everybody, the sunnah of the Prophet and the sahaba is not less than fist length. Before the invention of the electric trimmer, it wasn't even possible for people to sport the glorified 5 o'clock shadows that pass for beards nowadays. Therefore, the mashayikh should be adopting what is afdhal and not what is merely permissible, since they are supposed to be examples for everyone. I'm not familiar with other places in the world, but for Indian subcontinent turuq, one of the things they look for in choosing a shaykh is strict adherence to the inward and outward sunnah. That's probably why the question arose.

It was a bad idea for us to turn this thread into a beard discussion, since it has detracted from the original video itself (which I have started to practice on since I heard it, , may Allah reward the shaykh for that). I don't think it was anyone's intention to backbite...as for contacting the mashayikh personally, I have tried this on a few occasions, but usually there is no way to contact them directly, or you will get no response.

And yes, I have been given tawfiq to grow a sunnah beard,