The Ultimate Guide to Beards in the Maliki School | An-Nafrawi 

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The nuanced discussed regarding the beard in the Maliki Madhab is literally mind blowing. Shaykh Shadee, couple of my subscribers were requesting that you recite Dala'il al-Khayrat again, would you be open to doing so? JazakAllah Khairan💚

whoever made your intro is a genius. May allah bless him.

I was gifted with a beard at the age of 20, and I trim it nicely-not too long or too short. I also shave the higher hairs on my face and neck, and it looks great.

learning a lot from you sir.

JazakAllah khair

Here’s what I learned of the Maliki school, the principle is to separate Hadith from Sunnah. Imam Maalik RA made fiqh based on the customs of Madinat al-Nabi, as they would have the best understanding of the practices of the Prophet pbuh since he lived among them. Essentially if there was conflict between authentic Hadith and the practices of the People of Medina, he would choose to side with the People of Medina on what is closer to the practices of the Prophet pbuh.

Allah yubarik ya shaykhna ❤️

🪱 ever heard the phrase, preach what you practice doctor?

Come to BHA Houston again

What if your hair is very curly and they roll up even though if you stretch it, it would be fist length or closer?

So would a goatee be permitted in the school of malik where you define the beard as what grows on the chin??

I remember as a revert i use to grow my beard long. I never really liked how i looked. I usee to go with tabliq jummaht and i was always very nervous to cut it and felt sinful. However i feel now, with it trimmed down that looks much nicer on me, even my mom said it looks much nicer on me and i dont look so weird. By the way this is just me personally, alhualim but i feel nicer when the barber takes off the end and trims up my neck line. However its not very short, i can still grab it. I dont like the long beard and bald moustache, i think on some brothers, it looks ugly to me.

Why does every one else say that you can’t cut more than the fist length and even say imam Malik says the same? Do you have daleel for it being permissible to trim it?

Where does shadee gets such interpretation of rulings? Is he a scholar?

The strange thing is that many have a big beard and get praises heaped upon and go into discussions about the big beard. May Allah help us

I have seen some Maliki scholars with only moustache or they have beard only on the chin and shaved from the side. I listened to a Maliki scholar saying that facial hair is to negate the difference between men and women so any amount of facial hair like only moustache or only on the chin will fulfill the wajib. Please guide in this regard.

Can you please respond to this: (Stance of the maliki madhab on the beard) The Mālikī Madhhab Dr. Ṣalāḥ cites the somewhat detailed discussions on the beard by al-‘Adawī (d. 1189 H) and Nafrāwī (d. 1126 H) in their commentaries on Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī’s Risālah, and concludes that although shaving is ḥarām in the Mālikī madhhab, there are two opinions on trimming: one that it may be trimmed to a fist-length, and the other that trimming is permissible as long as it falls within the normal length that people keep it in society.[59] However, this is not what al-‘Adawī or al-Nafrāwī said. Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (d. 386 H) mentions in his famous al-Risālah: “The Prophet commanded that the beard be left to grow; made plentiful and not trimmed. Mālik said: ‘There is no problem with taking from its length when it is very long.’” Both al-‘Adawī and al-Nafrāwī explain “very long” as “when it exceeds what is normal for the generality of people” (kharaja ‘an al-mu‘tād li ghālib al-nās)[60]. Al-Nafrāwī also explains that this is what is understood from the way al-Qayrawānī has worded his statement. He states: “The apparent statement of the author [indicates] that it is only permissible to take [from the beard] what exceeds that which is normal.”[61] By “normal”, they do not mean the normal length people keep their beards in any given society. They are not describing a social “norm” but a biological “norm”. As can be seen in al-Qayrawānī’s text, the default rule is for the beard to be left to grow and “not trimmed”. When this is done, there is a natural point at which the beard will stop growing. Moreover, there is a “normal” length beyond which most peoples’ beards do not grow. However, some peoples’ beards do grow even beyond this normal length. It is the beards of such individuals, that appear abnormal and unnatural, that is described as “very long”, and is explained as what “exceeds what is normal for the generality of people”. Hence, Imām Mālik said it will be unproblematic for a person to cut his beard when it becomes unnaturally long. Al-Nafrāwī explains that “unproblematic” here in fact means “recommended.”[62] Al-Nafrāwī explains al-Qayrawānī’s statement: “The Prophet commanded that the beard be left to grow; made plentiful and not trimmed” as follows: “What comes to the mind from his statement: ‘commanded’ is obligation (wujūb); and it is so, because shaving it is ḥarām when it belongs to a man, and as for trimming, when it is not long, then it is the same [i.e. ḥarām ]. As for when it is very long, then he has alluded to its ruling.”[63] Al-‘Adawī similarly comments: “This [command] is for obligation when mutilation (muthlah) results from trimming, and for recommendation when it does not result in mutilation and is not very long.” Then under the statement “when it is very long”, he comments: “that is, not if it is not long or is a little long.”[64] Hence, al-‘Adawī describes three lengths: very long, long and not long. He then explains the ruling of trimming at these three different lengths. His full discussion, when scrutinised, gives a clear indication that trimming less than a fist-length is not permissible. A brief explanation of this can be found in the endnote.[65] [59] Ḥukm Qaṣṣ al-Liḥyah wa Ḥalqihā ‘inda l-Ḥanafiyyah, p. 47 [60] Kifāyat al-Ṭalib al-Rabbānī, 4:331; al-Fawākih Dawānī, 2:497 [61] ibid. [62] ibid. [63] ibid. [64] Kifāyat al-Ṭalib al-Rabbānī, 4:331 [65] Al-‘Adawī explains that when the beard is “very long,” trimming is “no problem,” as Imām Mālik stated, since this is in order to bring it back to a normal length. When it is “not long,” he states trimming amounts to “mutilation”, and is therefore not permissible. But when it is just “long,” then trimming is undesirable (khilāf al-awlā) but not impermissible. By “long,” al-‘Adawī has in mind a length that is more than a fist-length. This is clear from the subsequent discussion, as he discusses a disagreement in the madhhab over how much should be cut when the beard is “very long”. The dominant view is that it should be trimmed until the appearance returns to normal, and another view is that it is trimmed to a fist-length. Al-‘Adawī explains that the latter view entails that the disagreement would not be limited to the situation that the beard is “very long”. (Kifāyat al-Ṭalib al-Rabbānī, 4:332) That is, it will also apply to the situation that it is just “long.” This proves that “long” according to al-‘Adawī describes a length that is more than a fist-length. Hence, a beard that is less than a fist-length would not be described as “long” according to al-‘Adawī, but as “not long”; and since trimming a beard that is “not long” is impermissible, it follows that trimming a beard less than a fist-length would be impermissible according to al-‘Adawī’s explanation.

Question 1) How can one completely remove the cheek hairs (ex:with a blade) but avoid to trim the beard nicely with a blade? It seems in contradiction unless someone makes an effort to remove his cheeks hairs in an inconsistent way as to make his beards look badly designed which seems a bit ridiculous and we see that Shaykh Rami Nsour and Shaykh Shadee himself seem to have a well designed beard. To remove the cheek hairs with a clipper seems as "well designed" as to clip it with a blade. I don't get it. 2) If one has hairs between the lips at the two extremities of the mouth, does that count as the beard? Could he remove it with a blade? Baraka Allahu fikum

Have you shaped it, Shaykh?

I’m confused you said can’t shape etc but you have it shaped in this vid?

There are a few malaki opinions because ive seen plenty imams shave the sides, goatee and just chin hair or was than an old fatwa of a different time?

Never knew so many rules. My goal was as long as possible. 😢

What about the other prominet madhabs stance on the beards opnion and practice?

اللهم صل على محمد

I’m doing a beard transplant

So we can trim the beard to a low length but cannot be clean shaven?

What about those people who can't grow full facial hair? The hair are far apart, looks like the street lights. Is the modern method of growing hair which involve artificial hair permissable? And whats the fatwa about body and arm hair? Is it haram to shave?

Asalamualikum sheikh Is the one fist rule for chin only.

I see a lot of Egyptian clerics with clean shaven faces. Is there a ruling that support supports this practice?

Did Prophet Muhammad ever tell us to trim the bears this small? Did he ever do this?

Some men dont hav facial hair naturally. As a woman i dont like men with long beards . And some of them look very untidy.

To have a fist full beard is wajib period!!!!

The beard is as necessary for a muslim as it is to do hajj for a hungry homeless muslim. The fiqh has priorities for certain contexts and beard was never the status quo of muslims. The sikhs , hippies and judaic faith people also have beards. Hence the distinction is gone in our times

To my understanding the Maliki madhab relies more on the Medinan way instead of authentic Hadiths. But the method of Ahmad bin Hanbal brings us closest to the Sunnah. Despite being born into a Hanafi family I now follow the Hanbali madhab.

"the beard should be apparent". Is it just me or is the Shaykh's beard not apparent? And why would the Shaykh follow the "bare minimum"? This Shaykh discussing the beard for 10mins seemed very ironic.

The beard thing is laughable.

None of the sahabah had less than a fist full The amal of the sahabah speaks volumes