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Ahadeeth of the Beard;
- The first Hadeeth that Brothers use to prove that Beard is Wajib is this one.
- Hadeeth is narrated by Ibn Umar in Saheeh Bukhar (5554/5893).
- The Brothers translate the Hadeeth as;
- Shorten your moustaches and Lengthen your beards.
- But the correct translation of Hadeeth is;
Do ''inhaak'' to your moustaches.
and do ''i'faa'' to your beards.
- The literal meaning of ''inhaak''; to make some thing tiered.
- Scholars said the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم here meant exaggerating in removal of the moustaches.
- So the literal meaning is ingored here.
- The literal meaning of ''i'faa''; to make some thing to increase in quantity (not in length) [Munthiri, Abu Ubaid and other sources].
- The word of ''i'faa'' is from ''afa'' as Asqallani, Suyutu and many others said. It mentioned in Quran; 7;94
- Then We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.
- Ibn Daqeeq Eid said; I don't know any one who said that a man should treat his beard to increase its quantity as some of the people do. May be the meaning [of lengthening] is taken from the other part of hadeeth where it says ''shorten your moustache''.
- It looks like there use to be ignorant scholars even in the time of Ibn Daqeeq. But I would say that scholars at least understood the literal meaning of the Hadeeth. And not as our scholars who don't understand the meaning of ''i'faa''...
- Even Bukhari translated the meaning of ''i'faa'' as increasing in quantity and gave an example saying;
باب إعفاء اللحى عفوا كثروا وكثرت أموالهم
means ; Chapter of i'faa of the beard. Afaw- they increased and their wealth increased.
- So it is 100% increasing in quantity not the length.
- So the length can be understood from this hadeeth only metaphorically.
- Ibn Taimiah and some of his followers said that there is no metaphor in the language of Quran and Sunnah. (obiously it is wrong, but I mentioned this to say to salafi brothers that they cannot use this hadeeth. But I will narrate the hadeeth that they can use, and will explain that also).
- Any way that is with regards to the meaning of the Hadeeth.
- People use this Hadeeth and some other hadeeths to say that long beard is Wajib (I am going to talk about all of them one by one inshaallah)
- I say; this cannot be a proof for Wajib because of the following reasons;
1. The hadeeth is not ordering to lengthen but advising by the following reason;
- The same hadeeth its mentioning to remove the moustache completely. And no one said that removing the moustaches completely is wajib.
- The latest Hanafis didn't even say that removing is sunnah but only shortening.
- Keep in your mind that Imam Tahawi Narrated removing it completely from earliest Hanafis.
- But with regards to Salafis, Hanbalis and Shafiis they also didn't say that removing is wajib and nor sunnah.
- But Imam Malik conseder removing the Moustache completely as muthla, so it is Haram for them.
- Add to this, that Malik narrated by authentic chain that Umar use to have a long moustache, and he use to twist it if he would be angry.
- For you to be able to twist your moustache you should have at least two finger full long...
- Any way the same hadeeth which is mentioning about lengthening the beard mentioning about removing the moustache. And by Ijma' removing is not wajib, so that's how lengthening is not wajib also.
2. The real meaning of hadeeth which is increasing its quantity is ignored by every one because of the other narration of the same hadeeth where it uses several other words and only one of them literally can be close to the meaning of lengthening.
- And the meaning of the lengthening is taken because of the reason of hadeeth.
- And the reason is the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم saw two ambassadors of Iranian king who had a shaven beard.
- So then Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said this hadeeth and said; do opposite to them...
Obviously it gives us several points;
- Hukm of having beard is on the same level as opposing the zaraostrians. Inshaallah you will see that in all of the madhahib including the Hanafi and Salafi, opposing them is not wajib. (but they say that it is wajib and imitating them haram. But inshaallah you will see that they don't follow it)
- If you want to do different to a man with a shaven beard you don't have to have a long one. Just by having any sized beard you will be opposing him. But having a long one will be the exact opposite to some one who shaves some of the skin of his face also. But if you want to oppose the one who shaves than you don't shave...
3. The Hukm that is attached to the reason will go when reason goes. Now Zaraostrians don't have this habit. So the hukm of having beard will go also.
4. In some of the narrations of the same Hadeeth there is an extra (I will mention that narration also inshaallah) says; change the colour of your white hairs and beards and don't imitate the Ahl Kitab.
- And as we all know no one said that if you have a white beard and hairs you have to change it.
- But some said its mustahabb (not even Sunnah Mu'akkadah) to change it by Hinna or some thing else.
- So the same hadeeth is ordering for the three things and people here say; one is wajib one is haram and one could be sunnah.
- It is not in any language!!!
-Non science!!!
- But we Hanafis (the real ones) say all of them three are advice of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and not an Order.
- I say; what is the perfect understanding!!!
- Hanafis (the real ones) zindabad!!!
5. The best people to translate hadeeth are Sahaba and Tabein as we all claim (but most of us don't believe).
What was the understanding of sahaba kiram about this hadeeth?:
- Umar use to keep a long moustache.
- Ibn Umar use to shorten any thing above the fist
- Abu Huraira use to shorten any thing above the fist
- Hasan Basri use to shorten without any fist business
- ibn Sireen use to shorten without any fist business
- Ata bin Abu Rabah (one of the Main teachers of Abu Hanifa) said; not a problem in cutting the sides of the beard.
- And if you look for it you will find some more of salaf doing it.
- And all of them are opposing what you guys are pushing forward.
- That is because you are saying that Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is ordering.
- And the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم never mentioned the fist.
- Means all of them salaf are opposing.
- But opposing whom?
- I say not opposing the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, but opposing your understanding!!!
Especially Umar!!
- Keep in your mind that Ibn Umar is one of the narrators of the hadeeth of beard.
- And him opposing the (most common understood) meaning of the Hadeeth proves that this meaning is not valid (as it is in Hanafi Mustalah Hadeeth)!!!
- So if I have two options;
one is, following all of them Salaf, Hanafi, Maliki, Shafii understanding of Sunnah,
and the second is, following the understanding of others (that says Fard)...
Wajib accordingly to every one else beside Hanafis means Fard as praying five times a day.
6. Some may say that Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is using the form of order here!?
- I say; the rest of the Hadeeth is also using the same form of a verb and no one is saying that the rest of the issues is wajib.
- But even Malik is saying that one of the three things that Prophet ordered in here is Haram because that is Muthla...
- Also I say in Arabic they use the same form of a verb for;
Advice, Request, challenge and some other...
Look at this Ayah;
And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." 18; 29
- So it is again form of Order used here, so do you say disbelieving in God is wajib?
- And I can give a big list of Hadeeths where Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is using the same form of a verb, but ijma' says that it is mustahabb or even mubaah...
- In the subject called Usool Fiqh they explain all of the conditions of this form of a verb.
- But if you will use non-Usooliy way of understanding, then you will damage many parts of quran and hadeeth.
7. Add to all of above mentioned that some of the scholars mentioned that the meaning of the hadeeth here is; i'faa means cutting the sides of the beard.
- Even if this understanding is weak but it is there.
Any way just to summarise what I said;
- Not each single Amr in Hadeeth is for Wajib.
- Lengthening the beard was advice to oppose the Mushriks, and that reason doesn't exists no more.
- Opposing the Mushriks is not wajib (I will prove it when I will talk about the another narration of the hadeeth)
- Sahaba and Tabein (that I quoted) opposed the metaphoric meaning of this hadeeth, which proves that even the metaphoric (that brothers are promoting) meaning is not meant.
- No any one accepted this hadeeth as it is. So the ones who say it is wajib to grow a beard don't say that it is wajib to remove the moustache, but they say it is sunnah to shorten and not to remove. (removal is by plugging it out or by shaving).
- Imam Malik said that it is muthla to shave the moustache. (and shaving it is one of two things which Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ordered in the above mentioned Hadeeth).
- Changing the colour of your white beard and hair is not wajib (and it is one of three that Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ordered, as I am going to mention inshaallah). But on top of that some scholars said that changing the colour is Mubah!!!
- So, This Hadeeth doesn't say Wajib to do these two things.
- The people who are saying is wajib, they cannot use this Hadeeth.
- On advanced I want to thank the brothers for their academic-non emotional comments.
- inshaallah after completing our discussion about this hadeeth we will go to the next one!
Atabek Shukrov facebook post:-
Ahadeeth of the Beard;
- The first Hadeeth that Brothers use to prove that Beard is Wajib is this one.
- Hadeeth is narrated by Ibn Umar in Saheeh Bukhar (5554/5893).
- The Brothers translate the Hadeeth as;
- Shorten your moustaches and Lengthen your beards.
- But the correct translation of Hadeeth is;
Do ''inhaak'' to your moustaches.
and do ''i'faa'' to your beards.
- The literal meaning of ''inhaak''; to make some thing tiered.
- Scholars said the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم here meant exaggerating in removal of the moustaches.
- So the literal meaning is ingored here.
- The literal meaning of ''i'faa''; to make some thing to increase in quantity (not in length) [Munthiri, Abu Ubaid and other sources].
- The word of ''i'faa'' is from ''afa'' as Asqallani, Suyutu and many others said. It mentioned in Quran; 7;94
- Then We exchanged in place of the bad [condition], good, until they increased [and prospered] and said, "Our fathers [also] were touched with hardship and ease." So We seized them suddenly while they did not perceive.
- Ibn Daqeeq Eid said; I don't know any one who said that a man should treat his beard to increase its quantity as some of the people do. May be the meaning [of lengthening] is taken from the other part of hadeeth where it says ''shorten your moustache''.
- It looks like there use to be ignorant scholars even in the time of Ibn Daqeeq. But I would say that scholars at least understood the literal meaning of the Hadeeth. And not as our scholars who don't understand the meaning of ''i'faa''...
- Even Bukhari translated the meaning of ''i'faa'' as increasing in quantity and gave an example saying;
باب إعفاء اللحى عفوا كثروا وكثرت أموالهم
means ; Chapter of i'faa of the beard. Afaw- they increased and their wealth increased.
- So it is 100% increasing in quantity not the length.
- So the length can be understood from this hadeeth only metaphorically.
- Ibn Taimiah and some of his followers said that there is no metaphor in the language of Quran and Sunnah. (obiously it is wrong, but I mentioned this to say to salafi brothers that they cannot use this hadeeth. But I will narrate the hadeeth that they can use, and will explain that also).
- Any way that is with regards to the meaning of the Hadeeth.
- People use this Hadeeth and some other hadeeths to say that long beard is Wajib (I am going to talk about all of them one by one inshaallah)
- I say; this cannot be a proof for Wajib because of the following reasons;
1. The hadeeth is not ordering to lengthen but advising by the following reason;
- The same hadeeth its mentioning to remove the moustache completely. And no one said that removing the moustaches completely is wajib.
- The latest Hanafis didn't even say that removing is sunnah but only shortening.
- Keep in your mind that Imam Tahawi Narrated removing it completely from earliest Hanafis.
- But with regards to Salafis, Hanbalis and Shafiis they also didn't say that removing is wajib and nor sunnah.
- But Imam Malik conseder removing the Moustache completely as muthla, so it is Haram for them.
- Add to this, that Malik narrated by authentic chain that Umar use to have a long moustache, and he use to twist it if he would be angry.
- For you to be able to twist your moustache you should have at least two finger full long...
- Any way the same hadeeth which is mentioning about lengthening the beard mentioning about removing the moustache. And by Ijma' removing is not wajib, so that's how lengthening is not wajib also.
2. The real meaning of hadeeth which is increasing its quantity is ignored by every one because of the other narration of the same hadeeth where it uses several other words and only one of them literally can be close to the meaning of lengthening.
- And the meaning of the lengthening is taken because of the reason of hadeeth.
- And the reason is the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم saw two ambassadors of Iranian king who had a shaven beard.
- So then Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said this hadeeth and said; do opposite to them...
Obviously it gives us several points;
- Hukm of having beard is on the same level as opposing the zaraostrians. Inshaallah you will see that in all of the madhahib including the Hanafi and Salafi, opposing them is not wajib. (but they say that it is wajib and imitating them haram. But inshaallah you will see that they don't follow it)
- If you want to do different to a man with a shaven beard you don't have to have a long one. Just by having any sized beard you will be opposing him. But having a long one will be the exact opposite to some one who shaves some of the skin of his face also. But if you want to oppose the one who shaves than you don't shave...
3. The Hukm that is attached to the reason will go when reason goes. Now Zaraostrians don't have this habit. So the hukm of having beard will go also.
4. In some of the narrations of the same Hadeeth there is an extra (I will mention that narration also inshaallah) says; change the colour of your white hairs and beards and don't imitate the Ahl Kitab.
- And as we all know no one said that if you have a white beard and hairs you have to change it.
- But some said its mustahabb (not even Sunnah Mu'akkadah) to change it by Hinna or some thing else.
- So the same hadeeth is ordering for the three things and people here say; one is wajib one is haram and one could be sunnah.
- It is not in any language!!!
-Non science!!!
- But we Hanafis (the real ones) say all of them three are advice of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and not an Order.
- I say; what is the perfect understanding!!!
- Hanafis (the real ones) zindabad!!!
5. The best people to translate hadeeth are Sahaba and Tabein as we all claim (but most of us don't believe).
What was the understanding of sahaba kiram about this hadeeth?:
- Umar use to keep a long moustache.
- Ibn Umar use to shorten any thing above the fist
- Abu Huraira use to shorten any thing above the fist
- Hasan Basri use to shorten without any fist business
- ibn Sireen use to shorten without any fist business
- Ata bin Abu Rabah (one of the Main teachers of Abu Hanifa) said; not a problem in cutting the sides of the beard.
- And if you look for it you will find some more of salaf doing it.
- And all of them are opposing what you guys are pushing forward.
- That is because you are saying that Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is ordering.
- And the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم never mentioned the fist.
- Means all of them salaf are opposing.
- But opposing whom?
- I say not opposing the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, but opposing your understanding!!!
Especially Umar!!
- Keep in your mind that Ibn Umar is one of the narrators of the hadeeth of beard.
- And him opposing the (most common understood) meaning of the Hadeeth proves that this meaning is not valid (as it is in Hanafi Mustalah Hadeeth)!!!
- So if I have two options;
one is, following all of them Salaf, Hanafi, Maliki, Shafii understanding of Sunnah,
and the second is, following the understanding of others (that says Fard)...
Wajib accordingly to every one else beside Hanafis means Fard as praying five times a day.
6. Some may say that Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is using the form of order here!?
- I say; the rest of the Hadeeth is also using the same form of a verb and no one is saying that the rest of the issues is wajib.
- But even Malik is saying that one of the three things that Prophet ordered in here is Haram because that is Muthla...
- Also I say in Arabic they use the same form of a verb for;
Advice, Request, challenge and some other...
Look at this Ayah;
And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." 18; 29
- So it is again form of Order used here, so do you say disbelieving in God is wajib?
- And I can give a big list of Hadeeths where Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is using the same form of a verb, but ijma' says that it is mustahabb or even mubaah...
- In the subject called Usool Fiqh they explain all of the conditions of this form of a verb.
- But if you will use non-Usooliy way of understanding, then you will damage many parts of quran and hadeeth.
7. Add to all of above mentioned that some of the scholars mentioned that the meaning of the hadeeth here is; i'faa means cutting the sides of the beard.
- Even if this understanding is weak but it is there.
Any way just to summarise what I said;
- Not each single Amr in Hadeeth is for Wajib.
- Lengthening the beard was advice to oppose the Mushriks, and that reason doesn't exists no more.
- Opposing the Mushriks is not wajib (I will prove it when I will talk about the another narration of the hadeeth)
- Sahaba and Tabein (that I quoted) opposed the metaphoric meaning of this hadeeth, which proves that even the metaphoric (that brothers are promoting) meaning is not meant.
- No any one accepted this hadeeth as it is. So the ones who say it is wajib to grow a beard don't say that it is wajib to remove the moustache, but they say it is sunnah to shorten and not to remove. (removal is by plugging it out or by shaving).
- Imam Malik said that it is muthla to shave the moustache. (and shaving it is one of two things which Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ordered in the above mentioned Hadeeth).
- Changing the colour of your white beard and hair is not wajib (and it is one of three that Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ordered, as I am going to mention inshaallah). But on top of that some scholars said that changing the colour is Mubah!!!
- So, This Hadeeth doesn't say Wajib to do these two things.
- The people who are saying is wajib, they cannot use this Hadeeth.
- On advanced I want to thank the brothers for their academic-non emotional comments.
- inshaallah after completing our discussion about this hadeeth we will go to the next one!