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**Esmeralfaf** · 03-25-2012, 11:54 PM

Abu Tamim,

Some scholars would argue that the Hadith implies one should keep a beard (whether wajib or mandub, let us leave that), and that:

1) Actions of Sahaba are not hujjah, and this is technically, more or less, a principle in Shafi´i Usul.

2) If it is to be taken as a hujjah (or at the very least at least a source of guidance), a Sahabi trimming his beard would only indicate that it is not impermissible to do so, and the specific length he trimmed it down to would not necessitate it being a defined limit as such, as there is no text expressing such. This is why you will find an Imam of the Shafi´i school like Al-Ghazali (rah) saying that keeping a short beard fulfills the Sunah of the beard.

We may agree or disagree.

wa'Allahu a´lam.

03-25-2012, 11:54 PM	#17
Esmeralfaf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	Abu Tamim, Some scholars would argue that the Hadith implies one should keep a beard (whether wajib or mandub, let us leave that), and that: 1) Actions of Sahaba are not hujjah, and this is technically, more or less, a principle in Shafi´i Usul. 2) If it is to be taken as a hujjah (or at the very least at least a source of guidance), a Sahabi trimming his beard would only indicate that it is not impermissible to do so, and the specific length he trimmed it down to would not necessitate it being a defined limit as such, as there is no text expressing such. This is why you will find an Imam of the Shafi´i school like Al-Ghazali (rah) saying that keeping a short beard fulfills the Sunah of the beard. We may agree or disagree. wa'Allahu a´lam.
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