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**AricGoffgog** · 12-12-2011, 08:29 AM

Certainly not the case within the Shafi`i and Maliki madhaahib.

According to the Maliki school, the well-known (and stricter) opinion is that it is waajib to refrain from shaving the goatee, anything more than that is sunnah, and not an obligation.

Brother I can be a reasonable person. While I admit it is makhruhe tanzihi (close to permissible) to shave in the Shafi school, the opinion you are mentioning in the Maliki school (and which has been popularized by the practice of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf) is not the relied upon position in the Maliki school. A long beard is required in the Maliki school even though "long" is not defined. But an honest person can tell you long is something which hangs quite a bit and not just somewhat. As for the jaws, being considered beard, it is part of the beard as Shaykh Hamza Maqbool confirmed I believe in another thread. He also confirmed the length.

12-12-2011, 08:29 AM	#27
AricGoffgog Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	Certainly not the case within the Shafi`i and Maliki madhaahib. According to the Maliki school, the well-known (and stricter) opinion is that it is waajib to refrain from shaving the goatee, anything more than that is sunnah, and not an obligation. Brother I can be a reasonable person. While I admit it is makhruhe tanzihi (close to permissible) to shave in the Shafi school, the opinion you are mentioning in the Maliki school (and which has been popularized by the practice of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf) is not the relied upon position in the Maliki school. A long beard is required in the Maliki school even though "long" is not defined. But an honest person can tell you long is something which hangs quite a bit and not just somewhat. As for the jaws, being considered beard, it is part of the beard as Shaykh Hamza Maqbool confirmed I believe in another thread. He also confirmed the length.
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