Assalamu alaykum I had started growing the beard, my uncle who returned from gulf, on my first meeting shouted at me. "GO AND SHAVE THE BEARD, ARE YOU NOT A MUSLIM WITHOUT A BEARD. GO AND SEE THE GULF". My reply was silence (not a single word). Everything improved for me, Alhamdulillah both duniya and deen. But the uncle. I should pray for him.