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**Qeiafib** · 03-25-2012, 07:56 PM

*face-palm* Great. This is exactly what I was saying when I said "before this turns into a salafi-madhab war, when I don't even call myself salafi". Besides, who said that the saudi scholars are represented by the site IslamQA? I was talking about the authentic site alifta.net. They said: "Furthermore, Ibn `Umar did not do such trimming constantly; rather, he used to trim his beard when ending the state of Ihram (ceremonial state for Hajj and `Umrah)."

http://www.alifta.net/Fatawa/Fatwapr...ookID=7§ionid=

Anyways, that's not the point here. The point is that to respect my manhaj and to let me know whether the same manhaj would allow trimming of beard parts that stick out.

I wasn't starting a war. I was just pointing something out you might have missed while "correcting" the other brother. The IslamQA site quotes bin Baz

Here is the full paragraph which you quoted from:

As for what is reported from Ibn `Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he used to trim the sides and the length of beard, this does not support trimming the beard, although it is authentically reported about him. The evidence here is the Prophet's statement which indicated the obligation of letting the beard grow and not trimming it whether by cutting it off or shortening it. Muslims have agreed that the statement of the Prophet (peace be upon him) should not be opposed by any person's opinions or acts. This is a sound rule which has great benefit to whoever acts according to it. Furthermore, Ibn `Umar did not do such trimming constantly; rather, he used to trim his beard when ending the state of Ihram (ceremonial state for Hajj and `Umrah). So they are saying the same thing. The sentence you quoted was just an afterthought to the entire piece. Selective quoting is not very helpful.

Anyway, sorry for derailing the thread. You seem to feel that the website is authentic, so I guess according to your minhaj you can't trim anything from the beard. Although what exactly your mahaj is is not really clear, since your profile says Hanafi but you are taking a fatwa from a Saudi website which is using different usool.

I never heard of anyone saying that only trimming the beard to fist-length is sunnah, and that not trimming at all is not a sunnah.

03-25-2012, 07:56 PM	#8
Qeiafib Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 526 Senior Member	face-palm Great. This is exactly what I was saying when I said "before this turns into a salafi-madhab war, when I don't even call myself salafi". Besides, who said that the saudi scholars are represented by the site IslamQA? I was talking about the authentic site alifta.net. They said: "Furthermore, Ibn `Umar did not do such trimming constantly; rather, he used to trim his beard when ending the state of Ihram (ceremonial state for Hajj and `Umrah)." http://www.alifta.net/Fatawa/Fatwapr...ookID=7§ionid= Anyways, that's not the point here. The point is that to respect my manhaj and to let me know whether the same manhaj would allow trimming of beard parts that stick out. I wasn't starting a war. I was just pointing something out you might have missed while "correcting" the other brother. The IslamQA site quotes bin Baz Here is the full paragraph which you quoted from: As for what is reported from Ibn `Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he used to trim the sides and the length of beard, this does not support trimming the beard, although it is authentically reported about him. The evidence here is the Prophet's statement which indicated the obligation of letting the beard grow and not trimming it whether by cutting it off or shortening it. Muslims have agreed that the statement of the Prophet (peace be upon him) should not be opposed by any person's opinions or acts. This is a sound rule which has great benefit to whoever acts according to it. Furthermore, Ibn `Umar did not do such trimming constantly; rather, he used to trim his beard when ending the state of Ihram (ceremonial state for Hajj and `Umrah). So they are saying the same thing. The sentence you quoted was just an afterthought to the entire piece. Selective quoting is not very helpful. Anyway, sorry for derailing the thread. You seem to feel that the website is authentic, so I guess according to your minhaj you can't trim anything from the beard. Although what exactly your mahaj is is not really clear, since your profile says Hanafi but you are taking a fatwa from a Saudi website which is using different usool. I never heard of anyone saying that only trimming the beard to fist-length is sunnah, and that not trimming at all is not a sunnah.
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