Beard - Sunnah or Wajib?

[a.s.]

http://www.muftisays.com/blog/Seifed...-wajib%3F.html

I read this, and now im kind of confused.
The sheikh says that it is Wajib to keep a beard, while I thought it was a sunnah.

Did he mean that if your planning on keeping a beard, it should be long, at least a fist-full?

What if you're not planning on keeping a beard, ever. Will you be sinful?

[Shuayb Abdul-Khaaliq]

http://www.muftisays.com/blog/Seifed...-wajib%3F.html

I read this, and now im kind of confused.
The sheikh says that it is Wajib to keep a beard, while I thought it was a sunnah.

Did he mean that if your planning on keeping a beard, it should be long, at least a fist-full?

What if you're not planning on keeping a beard, ever. Will you be sinful?

This topic has been discussed over and over and over on SF. Please click on the below linked Google search and Insha'Allah browse through the results for some answers:

https://www.google.com/search?q=keep...sunniforum.com

From what I understand (not a scholar), all 4 schools of thought agree that it is sinful for a man to clean-shave his face. The only difference among the madhabs is the fact that some allow trimming it a bit and some say at least a fist-length is mandatory... however, all madhabs forbid completely shaving off the beard. Fist length is the Hanafi ruling and is also very easily visible all over ahadith, even if a layman of extremely limited knowledge like myself goes reading translation of ahadith without reading tafseer or consulting a scholar. That's how obvious it is.

The Prophet had a full beard so much so that it filled his chest. That should be reason alone to keep a full beard. Whether it is fardh, wajib, sunnah, or nafl becomes irrelevant at this point. The Prophet didn't shave, and ordered his followers not to do it, hence we follow that order. A true lover of the Prophet will not try to find "loopholes" in the deen to "get away" from keeping a beard (not directed towards you brother, but generally speaking), rather he will do everything within his ability to implement this and other qualities of the Prophet into his own life.

Allah knows best.

[bugmenot]

It is from the sunnah of Rasulullah to keep a shar'i beard (fist-length minimum, not the 3 days unshaven face) and is wajib according to fiqh terminology.