Keeping Beard Clean?

[Abdul]

A freind sent me this today. Why should the reply be?

"I would like to open my discussion with this hadeeth first of all... Just a simple one:

From ’Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ood (radiyallaahu ’anhu) who said that the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said, “No one will enter Paradise who has an atom’s weight of pride in his heart.” A man said, “What if a man likes his clothes to look good and his shoes to look good?” He said, “Allaah is beautiful and loves beauty. Pride means denying the truth and looking down on people.”

It is quite often that I always hear from my fellow Muslim brothers that one must grow his beard out and should never trim it.. But what if I don't look good with a long beard? Then, can I trim it to look nice and presentable? I know that as a Muslim male, that beards must be grown in order to follow Sunnah.. But at the same time, I think some Muslim brothers take it too far when they have curry dripping down their beards when they eat. Not alone to mention trying to get a job. A job is definitely not worth my deen, but can't I trim it to look at least acceptable? Because as Muslims, we definitely must be modest and must look our best, right? All I'm saying is that the beard thing can be sometimes used as a sense of pride.. which is something I do have mentioned in the hadeeth above..

Is it ok to keep the beard clean and not too long, because I am in a non-Islamic state?"

[Jawad_ Khan]

Dear Brother, who says u cant look decent and clean with a beard??!!! It is upto us to present ourselves with decency. Many sahaba(R.A.A.) used to trim their beards after one fist length. All of us should do that to make our beards look according to sunnah.

But just note this..... When u mention the Hadees in which Nabi e Kareem(SAW) says that Allah is beautiful and likes Beauty, we have to understand where this applies.

First of all we have to define what beauty is. It is understood that Nabi e Kareem(SAW) is the most beloved of all the creations of Allah(SWT). There's no one more dear and beloved of Allah(SWT) than our beloved Prophet.

If we love someone for eg our son or younger brother, we try to give him the best possible facilities and provide him the highest quality of Life. If Nabi e Kareem(SAW) is the most beloved of Allah(SWT) dont you think Allah(SWT) would give him the best possible looks and personality??? Hazrat Ayesha(R.A.A.) used to say some Ashaar which meant that "The women of egypt cut their fingers when they saw Hazrat Yusuf(A.S) but people have cut their necks and sacrificed their lives when they saw the Beauty of my Beloved(SAW)"

Brother its all about our priorities. Just remember that there's nothing more beautiful, decent and attractive than the Sunnah of Nabi e Kareem(SAW).

The Hadees you mentioned doesn't mean that if WE think something is not beautiful then we should leave it. Its not about our opinion. Beauty is defined by the actions of our beloved Prophet(SAW). The things which he adopted were beautiful, the one's he left and stopped us from adopting are not beautiful even if we think otherwise.

Dont judge Sunnah on the parameters of Beauty, rather Beauty should be judged on the parameter of Sunnah.

Just beleive in Allah(SWT). Be sure that if you adopt the actions of Allah's beloved(SAW) then woould not waste you. Rizq is given by Allah(SWT). You cant get Rizq by neglecting the Razzaq.

Just Remember.....

NAQSHE QADAM NABI(SAW) KAY HAIN JANNAT KAY RAASTEY
ALLAH(SWT) SE MILAATAY HAIN SUNNAT KAY RAATEY

Translation: The Footprints of Prophet(SAW) is the way to Jannah
Sunnah is the source of meeting Allah(SWT)

Beleive in Allah(SWT) and dont displease him, He would InshAllah give you Rizq from Unimaginable sources.....

May Allah(SWT) give Me and All of us the taufeeq to follow each and every sunnah......Aameen!!!

[not known]

would like to open my discussion with this hadeeth first of all... Just a simple one:

From ’Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ood (radiyallaahu ’anhu) who said that the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said, “No one will enter Paradise who has an atom’s weight of pride in his heart.” A man said, “What if a man likes his clothes to look good and his shoes to look good?” He said, “Allaah is beautiful and loves beauty. Pride means denying the truth and looking down on people.”

It is quite often that I always hear from my fellow Muslim brothers that one must grow his beard out and should never trim it.. But what if I don't look good with a long beard? Then, can I trim it to look nice and presentable? I know that as a Muslim male, that beards must be grown in order to follow Sunnah.. But at the same time, I think some Muslim brothers take it too far when they have curry dripping down their beards when they eat. Not alone to mention trying to get a job. A job is definitely not worth my deen, but can't I trim it to look at least acceptable? Because as Muslims, we definitely must be modest and must look our best, right? All I'm saying is that the beard thing can be sometimes used as a sense of pride.. which is something I do have mentioned in the hadeeth above..

Is it ok to keep the beard clean and not too long, because I am in a non-Islamic state?

i doubt any good islamic man thinks that a clean shaven person is modest and looks best,


in shariah, the person who doesnt do sin, but feels sin is good, is a big sinner than the person who does sin and feels he has done a sin (al etidaal)


and regarding curry dripping down, its the reason which u liked to oppose beard, but believe me i got a long beard, i too leave in non-islamic state and the place i work is full of non-muslims (except 4 of more than 800) and i sometimes eat with my collegues and i never felt any problem

[Jawar]

Our Prophet Mohammad sallallaahu ’alayhi wa salaam have 4 fingers long black beard and it trimmed no mustache but there is mustache but very small hairs of mustache and it looks beautiful.

All companions keep long beards not more then 4 fingers and trimmed beard but jews and nisara beards they keep log as much they can keep they don’t trim or cut the beards hair like today Indian Sikh peoples they don’t trim the beards hairs they don’t allow to trim beard hairs in Sikh religion.

[Amina786]

apart from all the posts above, everyone mentioned pretty much everything Alhumdulillah. But I just wanted to say that even though you keep a beard, you have to k,eep it clean and presentable. And that can be done even if you have a long beard. My husband has a long beard, and he maintains it and beautifies it. You can still make it look presentable by trimming any loose hair. We can not be like the Sikhs who just grow their beard and leave it, that's the difference in our madhab, we have to still clean it and maintain it.

[Hamood]

What does cleaning the beard mean? Does it ever get so dirty that one has to clean it? : )

Honestly I don't think men should spend time in cleaning and beautifying their beards but that's just my personal opinion. There are simple techniques to keep the beard intact and decent-looking.

[hope_n_fear]

It should also be noted that not everyone's beard is of the same nature.
Some people's beard is very thin, and can not be 'shaped'.
Alhamdulillaah for whatever the way Allaah has created us.

[IbnShafiq]

Just take care of your beard man Shampoo and conditioner , always carry a comb or a brush, use oil, and after you eat, clean your beard when you rinse you mouth.

Coconut oil is good, or almond oil. Olive oil has a strong smell

[someone]

A freind sent me this today. Why should the reply be?

"I would like to open my discussion with this hadeeth first of all... Just a simple one:

From ’Abdullaah Ibn Mas’ood (radiyallaahu ’anhu) who said that the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said, “No one will enter Paradise who has an atom’s weight of pride in his heart.” A man said, “What if a man likes his clothes to look good and his shoes to look good?” He said, “Allaah is beautiful and loves beauty. Pride means denying the truth and looking down on people.”

It is quite often that I always hear from my fellow Muslim brothers that one must grow his beard out and should never trim it.. But what if I don't look good with a long beard? Then, can I trim it to look nice and presentable? I know that as a Muslim male, that beards must be grown in order to follow Sunnah.. But at the same time, I think some Muslim brothers take it too far when they have curry dripping down their beards when they eat. Not alone to mention trying to get a job. A job is definitely not worth my deen, but can't I trim it to look at least acceptable? Because as Muslims, we definitely must be modest and must look our best, right? All I'm saying is that the beard thing can be sometimes used as a sense of pride.. which is something I do have mentioned in the hadeeth above..

Is it ok to keep the beard clean and not too long, because I am in a non-Islamic state?"

Assalam-o-Alaikum,

First of all, we have a choice. Who do we think should judge our actions? People or Allah Kareem? If one wants to please people then, yes, they should do what people like. But, if a person wants to please Allah Kareem then one must do what Prophet Sal-Allaho-Alaihi-Wasallam instructed us to do.

I remember reading somewhere, May Allah Kareem forgive any addition or subtraction, that a Sahabi RAA had only two long hair on his chin. Our Prophet Sal-Allaho-Alaihi-Wasallam once looked at him and smiled. He, RAA, thought that Prophet Sal-Allaho-Alaihi-Wasallam smiled because of the hair on his chin. So, he went ahead and cut them off.

When our Prophet Sal-Allaho-Alaihi-Wasallam saw him again, He, Sal-Allaho-Alaihi-Wasallam inquired why he did that. The sahabi RAA told the reason. Our Prophet Sal-Allaho-Alaihi-Wasallam said he smiled because there were two angels on his hair who swayed to and fro.

Don't worry about other Muslim brothers and their curry. Keep your beard one fist long and keep it neat and clean.

[shoeb.momin]

Salaam

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Some of our brother's get irritated if someone calls them ''moolaji'' bcoz of beard.
Why do people call bearded guys moolaji?
Moolaji Rehmatullah was one of the teacher of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Rehmatullah.
He was one of the most reverred wali of his time therefore out of respect & dignity, in the earlier days non-muslims used to call bearded muslim ''moolaji'' .
One should not care about the comments of other and inturn pray for them.