Islamic knowledge and scientific reason of beard
Islamic knowledge and scientific reason of beard All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Peace and blessing be upon whom Allah sent as a mercy to the Worlds, upon his Family, his Companions and his Brothers till the Day of Resurrection. Know that in principle, letting grow the beard is obligatory according to the majority of the scholars of the jurisprudential Schools, and among them those of the four Schools and others. Ibn Hazm has even reported that there is Ijmâ` (a scholarly consensus) as regards this issue( 1 ).The reference of the Ijmâ` is the Prophet’s صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم hadith: “Trim closely the moustaches and let the beards grow, oppose the Magians”( 2 ) and his saying صلَّى الله عليه وسلَّم : “Do the opposite of what the polytheists do. Have full beards and shorten the moustaches”( 3 ) and in another narration: “Cut the moustaches short and keep ...