Is keeping Beard Fard/Wajib/Sunnah in Islam? by Dr Zakir Naik Mufti Menk Shabir Ally Hussain Yee 

It's a command of prophet Muhammad ( sal). “Whatever the Prophet orders you, do it, and whatever he forbids you, leave it!” Soorah al-Hashr (59): 7 Study usoolul Fiqh then you will come to know how to determine fardh from Quran and Sunnah InshaAllah وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏"‏أحفوا الشوارب وأعفوا اللحى‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏ ‏.‏ Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Trim the moustaches and let the beard grow." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]. Riyad as-Salihin, 1205

jazakAllah khairan

Very good comparison and Analysis

Thank you alot

The explanation by Sabir Ally is most plausible and satisfactory. A good Muslim ought to be known by his Taqwa or level of God consciousness not beard alone. The angels in the grave would know that very well. I know many scoundrels under the guise of the beard. Keeping the beard is however highly recommended for the good Muslims

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Mashallah 😊

I heard many arguments using this hadith “Cut the moustache and let the beard grow; be different from the unbelievers.” (al-Bukhari, al-Libas, 5442; Muslim, al-Taharah, 382) But there are many disbelievers, that cut the moustache and let the beard grow, so how are we the believers different from the disbelievers then? So, isn't it more logical that keeping Beard is Sunnah following the Prophet s.a.w. character and not wajib?

In Egypt the millitary service is compulsory and your forced to get a clean shave (Egypt is a Muslim majority country mind you)

In country like Singapore upon reaching the age of 18 it’s mandatory for us to serve the military, and it’s compulsory for us to get it clean shaven.. so what’s the advice on this? to reject them will mean being charge by the goverment

So even within this compilation of talks, there is dissent.

How it is farz? I don't understand

Shabir Ally is the most right and clear

So confusing who to follow 😢

4:55 LOL who is this guy? Water down Islam more if you want to. It IS a command. All 4 school of thought agree on the beard being a wajib

1. No,it is not farz, please do not misguide people. Show hadith or verse from Quran where it says its farz or even wajib, not interpretations like Bible where Jesus God based on interpretations? If we only rely on interpretations, we end up like Christians. 2. If one of main purpose of growing beard, according to hadith, "do opposite of what mushrikeen do", with same logic, if in today's society all mushrikeen grow beards, that means we need to do opposite, which is shave, isn't that fulfil the hadith? In conclusion, it issunnah, bwcause prophet (SAW) did it, like he did many other things, but it is not sin if you don't do it, (prove me wrong with facts from hadith and quran not some explanations. ) Thank you.

If it's not a commandment by Allah in Quran it's not Compulsory (Farz) then it is not Haram (Forbidden) to do the opposite. So, it's a individual choice to sport a beard as an honor, but if an individual chooses not to then no harm done as it is not made compulsory by Allah through his Commandments in the Quran. I think we should focus on Quran instead of Hadiths, otherwise we stand to drift away into the same confusions and conflictions as our Christian Counterparts have done so in the past. Let no Book Except Quran Guide Thee.

It’s absolutely not Farad because it’s not a command . It’s great if a Muslim keeps beard but it is not mandatory and Quran doesn’t enforced it as a command .