SOME ADVICE for those who think that growing bread will decrease their personality and HANDSOME LOOKS

Praise be to Allaah.
The Sunnah of the Messenger of Alla…ah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) indicates that
it is obligatory to let the beard grow and that it is
haraam to shave it or cut it. It was narrated in al-
Saheehayn that the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) said: “Cut the moustache
and let the beard grow; be different from the
mushrikeen.”
(al-Bukhaari, al-Libaas, 5442; Muslim, al-
Tahaarah, 382)
There are many ahaadeeth which say the same as
this hadeeth, indicating that it is obligatory to
leave the beard alone and let it grow and that it is
haraam to shave it or cut it. Whoever claims that
letting the beard grow is no more than a Sunnah
for which a person may be rewarded and the one
who does not do it will not be punished is going
against the saheeh ahaadeeth. The report that
says that the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) used to trim the length and
breadth of his beard is a false hadeeth. But it
should be noted that Islam is the religion of
beauty, as it was narrated in the hadeeth,
“[A man said,] ‘What if a man likes his clothes and
his shoes to look good?’ The Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, ‘Allaah is
Beautiful and loves beauty.’” (Narrated by Muslim,
al-Eemaan, 131). The Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded [one
of his companions] to change grey hair, when he
said, “Change this grey hair, but avoid
black.” (Narrated by Muslim, Kitaab al-Libaas
wa’l-Zeenah, 2102).
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) recommended combing hair, and said,
“Whoever has hair, let him take care of it.” (Abu
Dawood, Kitaab al-Tarajjul, 3632. Al-Albaani said
in Saheeh Sunan Abi Dawood: it is hasan saheeh.
Hadeeth no. 3509). Al-Haafiz Ibn Hajar said: “Ibn
Battaal said: combing means tidying the hair of the
head and beard, and oiling it.”
This is the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him), and he (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said,
“Whoever turns away from my Sunnah has nothing
to do with me.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, al-
Nikaah, 4675)
It should be noted that the beauty referred to is
shar’i or Islamic beauty (beauty as prescribed in
Islam), and not the so-called beauty which
appeals to sick minds which are enamoured of
kaafir fashions and the appearance of corrupt
people such as male and female actors and
singers, or fashion models. Hence when some
people were misled by those immoral western
women who pluck or shave or draw their eyebrows,
or make their nails long (like wild beasts), or have
tattoos, and thought that this is beauty, many
Muslim women imitated them in these things, even
though they are forbidden by sharee’ah.
The point is not what is fashionable in the east or
the west, the point is the sharee’ah which
advocates wearing perfume (for men), keeping
clean, dressing nicely, combing the hair, changing
grey hair, and other kinds of beautification which
are prescribed in Islam. And Allaah is the Source of
strength.
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