Growing a beard in Islam

[yousaf]

in the hadith it tells us that sahabah such as abdullah ibn umar would grab their beard in a fist then cut off any hair that fell below the fist . indicating that the beard should be at least 1 fist

 

[neves]

in the hadith it tells us that sahabah such as abdullah ibn umar would grab their beard in a fist then cut off any hair that fell below the fist . indicating that the beard should be at least 1 fist

can you show us that hadith please...

 

[Breathe]

That kinda sucks about the beard. That Sheikh sounds a bit bitter, though.

I wonder if this kind of beard would be permitted, then?

(No, that's not me )

However, I really cannot understand why God would care if I trim or shave my beard..? Why would He?

 

[yousaf]

Hadhrat Abdullah Ibn Umar (R.A.) used to cut that portion (which exceeds the grip of the hand) of the beard.- Tirmidhi

 

[nawab]

As Salam alekum wah rahmatullah e wah barakatohu, Dear Muslim Brethren i have been gone for a long time and i am back now i hope all my muslim brothers and sisters are in the best of health.

Dear Odion,
In islam we have Haqooq ullah (obligations to God Almighty) and Haqooq al Ebad (obligations towards the umah/comunity) the theory behind keeping a beard is that

first it is a sign of modesty as all the prophets kept beard,

secondly a person with beard is not likely to be seduced in Islam we have a strong sense for Hijab (this is also one form of Hijab for us Men) and by keeping a beard is more recoignzable by muslims that the other person is a muslim, so that we may greet each other and gain blessings from each others greetings. this is more of a duty towards the muslim Umah/comunity

 

[Breathe]

Wa alaykum as-salam nawab, and welcome back.

As for the reasons, for me they would not be enough to convince me. For example, though the prophets kept beards, why does that mean I need to?

As to not likely to be seduced, I don't understand this at all. Can you please elaborate on this?

Finally, to distinguish one Muslim from another seems unfair. I would rather greet people, regardless of their religious choice. I will admit, I can generally tell a Muslim from a distance by their beard.
Incidentally, if a Muslim mistakenly says salam to me (as a non-Muslim), or if a non-Muslim says salam to me (if I am a Muslim), and I return it, is there a sin or reward in that?

 

[yousaf]

do you love allah and his rasool? if you do you will keep the beard

 

[nawab]

My friend according to my personal belief you do not get convinced by reasons, its actually from the Guidiance of God almighty

Regarding the prophets, we are a people who like to follow the footsteps of the prophets in the ceremonial laws, and daily life activities, since the prophets were send to us as perfect examples on how we should live our lives, we should follow them to the fullest.

I will elaborate on this part, but please first tell me about your background which country are you from. See, in generally asia or in many countries, no non-muslim girl would prefer a beard person over a non beard person as his boyfriend so by keeping the beard he has boy cotted himself from such oppurtunities to sin. when he person keeps a beard he will always be mentally bound by the beard see i have a beard i know everytime, i am planning to do something bad it comes in my mind that i have a beard and yet i am doing something bad, if others see me then they will think every muslim is like that so we avoid sins,

It is a fard for every muslim to greet another one even if they are strangers and had never met, the person who greets first is better. thats why you can see in many of our muslim threads every new guy comes and there is a salam, so if there is no identity naturally no one will follow this habbit. because people will think oh he might be a hindu or a sikh and might get offended. like in the UK, this habbit has died out. but when we go to a muslim country there are full of greetings.

If you say Salam alekum to a muslim, it is also Fard (obligatory) for him to return the Salam. how can you sin by greeting a non-muslim. greetings is supposed to be a good thing, the concept of sin only arise if you do something bad. regarding this some hardcore Pakistani scholars do give different fatwas. but Prophet Ibraheem said Salam to his idol worshipper Father and said i will pray for you when his father kicked him out.

I hope if i had answered your questions, All praises is God Almighty the all seeing and all knowing

 

[Gharib]

Incidentally, if a Muslim mistakenly says salam to me (as a non-Muslim), or if a non-Muslim says salam to me (if I am a Muslim), and I return it, is there a sin or reward in that?

for this part i have read a hadith wich said that when two muslim brothers meet and greet each other by the words es-selamu alaykum and the other returns it by saying alaykum selam Allah will forgive their sins (while they are still having a conversation) untill they seperate from each other (they go their seperate way), but as far as for a non muslim i hope it is the same but i cannot claim that it is.
so in a way you could say that it is a reward because your sins are forgiven