The Ultimate Guide to Beards in the Maliki School | An-Nafrawi

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[@redpersiantv]

The nuanced discussed regarding the beard in the Maliki Madhab is literally mind blowing. Shaykh Shadee, couple of my subscribers were requesting that you recite Dala'il al-Khayrat again, would you be open to doing so? JazakAllah Khairan💚

[@sahniyatrahman]

whoever made your intro is a genius. May allah bless him.

[@thetanweerali]

I'm glad I left salafism/neo-dhahirism and now following the Maliki madhab. The hikmah on the rulings of the beard in the Maliki madhab is amazing and makes so much sense.

[@lethalnation9383]

lol salafi is aqeedah and maliki is fiq u can be a salafi and a maliki it just means u follow th Quran and sunnah

[@thetanweerali]

@@lethalnation9383 Salafi is a manhaj which includes fiqhi positions close to dhahirism, similar to Ibn Taymiyyah methodology of deriving rulings from the texts.

[@John-wg9mb]

@@lethalnation9383nope they are wahabis

[@qasimabdullah1713]

learning a lot from you sir.

[@theimmitigableone8056]

Here’s what I learned of the Maliki school, the principle is to separate Hadith from Sunnah. Imam Maalik RA made fiqh based on the customs of Madinat al-Nabi, as they would have the best understanding of the practices of the Prophet pbuh since he lived among them. Essentially if there was conflict between authentic Hadith and the practices of the People of Medina, he would choose to side with the People of Medina on what is closer to the practices of the Prophet pbuh.

[@nibraszuhair]

I was gifted with a beard at the age of 20, and I trim it nicely-not too long or too short. I also shave the higher hairs on my face and neck, and it looks great.

[@haziqiqbalhussain]

I have seen some Maliki scholars with only moustache or they have beard only on the chin and shaved from the side. I listened to a Maliki scholar saying that facial hair is to negate the difference between men and women so any amount of facial hair like only moustache or only on the chin will fulfill the wajib. Please guide in this regard.

[@patop6419]

moustache is haram

[@hamzamedina146]

That's what I mean there are many Maliki scholars with different opinions from masjid to masjid they can't even come together and agree on what is common on simple like the beard. Another thing as well is many are sufi or extreme sufi it's hard to tell the difference because sufi don't publicly proclam their practices on bidah and there extreme lengths of the bidah they find acceptable...

[@jassimarsingh6505]

@@patop6419 it’s not, you have to trim it so it doesn’t cover the top lip

[@7SMJD]

Thats not the only reason, it's also about not imitating the disbelievers and idol worshippers and to keep the fitrah i.e. natural disposition Read islamqa question no. 75525 for more info

[@redlionesv]

@@jassimarsingh6505 agreed

[@codingblues3181]

What if your hair is very curly and they roll up even though if you stretch it, it would be fist length or closer?

[@Muhammad-ql9sf]

Come to BHA Houston again

[@radirandom]

So would a goatee be permitted in the school of malik where you define the beard as what grows on the chin??

[@theinternetkid]

🪱 ever heard the phrase, preach what you practice doctor?

[@lbnFadl]

@@theinternetkid He is, according to his madhab

[@yeahbuddy4712]

I remember as a revert i use to grow my beard long. I never really liked how i looked. I usee to go with tabliq jummaht and i was always very nervous to cut it and felt sinful. However i feel now, with it trimmed down that looks much nicer on me, even my mom said it looks much nicer on me and i dont look so weird. By the way this is just me personally, alhualim but i feel nicer when the barber takes off the end and trims up my neck line. However its not very short, i can still grab it. I dont like the long beard and bald moustache, i think on some brothers, it looks ugly to me.

[@nomaanalwi9495]

Why’d you stop going in khurooj?

[@yeahbuddy4712]

@@nomaanalwi9495 where?

[@ren.8137]

Yeah fr

[@joshrentos216]

So this is just for looks? Not because of religion? Your mom said it looks nice and u don’t feel weird? Sounds like ur following whims and desires and not what u know deep down the religion says to do

[@Naimedclaiming]

Brother you can’t say that looks ugly. The prophet was ugly even tho his companions called him beautiful? It looks subjectively ugly to you but to others not. Astagfirullah that’s such a bad statement. The prophet knows better than us and he never saw it as ugly otherwise why did he have صلى الله عليه و سلم

[@Brotherjaweed]

Assalamualaikum, Can I as a Barber shape the beard of others as it often done when lining up?

[@Wassimmmm]

Why does every one else say that you can’t cut more than the fist length and even say imam Malik says the same? Do you have daleel for it being permissible to trim it?

[@markward3981]

The strange thing is that many have a big beard and get praises heaped upon and go into discussions about the big beard. May Allah help us

[@WaheedAli-lx4hh]

The question you must ask is how did the sahaba have their beards? And most narrations will be of men with long beards therefore who understood the hadith as it's supposed to?

[@markward3981]

@@WaheedAli-lx4hh ? By what methodology must this question be asked

[@yusufhousini]

Wallahi the Maliki school is so logical and precise, at least coming from a Hanafi background. Like, full respect to all Madhahibs but honestly the Maliki school aligns so well with me and from my understanding is the most common-sense based. I strongly agree with Imam Malik's avoidance of virtue signaling, no shade but the most corrupt and vile people are usually the most concerned with the outward facade.

[@MotorStorm66]

@@yusufhousini salam brother, I'm just wondering what would you say are the pros of the Maliki Madhab compared to the Hanafi one? JazakaLlah.

[@Engr.YusufShaikh]

@@yusufhousini brother which country you live-in, I'm from Pakistan 98% Hanafi

[@lilekoe1]

I’m confused you said can’t shape etc but you have it shaped in this vid?

[@theimmitigableone8056]

He’s talking about shaping lines of the beard to the point where it looks artificial and unnatural, his beard looks maintained and natural.

[@SafinaSociety]

He said shaping w a blade

[@ren.8137]

He said its makruh not haram

[@ren.8137]

Learn how to listen

[@mochowdhury5564]

Where does shadee gets such interpretation of rulings? Is he a scholar?

[@chewiecay]

Actually, he is a scholar within the maliki madhab, yes

[@hxyzazolchak]

He literally just read the text. What more?

[@faheemrhodajackson2470]

It would be better to refer to him as Shaykh or Ustadh and write his name with a Capital letter, so "Shaykh Shadhee"

[@stateofvictory2779]

​@@chewiecay can u tell if beard is less then fist in maliki fiqh is it okay

[@afnankhan5989]

He is a muqallid scholar. Meaning laymen sheikh 😂. Taqleed is only for jahil and he is muqallid of maliki madhab. Not sure how can one be jahil and alim at the same time

[@Prophetic_heirs]

Allah yubarik ya shaykhna ❤️

[@abdullaha9906]

Have you shaped it, Shaykh?

[@hastenedd]

So we can trim the beard to a low length but cannot be clean shaven?

[@SafinaSociety]

Correct in the Maliki school a man must have a beard even if short and cannot shave it with a blade

[@الامينابنعبداللطيف]

Not permissible to trim short in other schools. In Hanbali it's makrooh to trim beyond fist.

[@larryd473]

Must have a beard? What if no beard grows at all? Can't help genetics.

[@yahya319]

​@@larryd473 the specific term in Arabic is let your beard grow not force it to grow. So you are ok in shaa Allah

[@larryd473]

@@yahya319 I am a kafir but interested in your weird rules.Jazakallahu khairan. 🙏

[@samimaaroufi4841]

Question 1) How can one completely remove the cheek hairs (ex:with a blade) but avoid to trim the beard nicely with a blade? It seems in contradiction unless someone makes an effort to remove his cheeks hairs in an inconsistent way as to make his beards look badly designed which seems a bit ridiculous and we see that Shaykh Rami Nsour and Shaykh Shadee himself seem to have a well designed beard. To remove the cheek hairs with a clipper seems as "well designed" as to clip it with a blade. I don't get it. 2) If one has hairs between the lips at the two extremities of the mouth, does that count as the beard? Could he remove it with a blade? Baraka Allahu fikum

[@hamzamedina146]

There are a few malaki opinions because ive seen plenty imams shave the sides, goatee and just chin hair or was than an old fatwa of a different time?

[@sajjadnasir1120]

yes i noticed this sheikh is strict

[@ren.8137]

“This sheikh is strict” no he isnt 💀

[@hamzamedina146]

@@ren.8137 I've learnt that this is a standard because a hanafi imam also mentioned this in jummah

[@samheedy]

I’m doing a beard transplant

[@sultanmufleh2905]

why? the Propeht Muhammad ﷺ said "leave the beard and trim the mustache" not get a beard by leave it how it naturally and dont shave it. May Allah guide us all.

[@abudujana13]

JazakAllah khair

[@abdulbasitkarim7044]

Can you please respond to this: (Stance of the maliki madhab on the beard) The Mālikī Madhhab Dr. Ṣalāḥ cites the somewhat detailed discussions on the beard by al-‘Adawī (d. 1189 H) and Nafrāwī (d. 1126 H) in their commentaries on Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī’s Risālah, and concludes that although shaving is ḥarām in the Mālikī madhhab, there are two opinions on trimming: one that it may be trimmed to a fist-length, and the other that trimming is permissible as long as it falls within the normal length that people keep it in society.[59] However, this is not what al-‘Adawī or al-Nafrāwī said. Ibn Abī Zayd al-Qayrawānī (d. 386 H) mentions in his famous al-Risālah: “The Prophet commanded that the beard be left to grow; made plentiful and not trimmed. Mālik said: ‘There is no problem with taking from its length when it is very long.’” Both al-‘Adawī and al-Nafrāwī explain “very long” as “when it exceeds what is normal for the generality of people” (kharaja ‘an al-mu‘tād li ghālib al-nās)[60]. Al-Nafrāwī also explains that this is what is understood from the way al-Qayrawānī has worded his statement. He states: “The apparent statement of the author [indicates] that it is only permissible to take [from the beard] what exceeds that which is normal.”[61] By “normal”, they do not mean the normal length people keep their beards in any given society. They are not describing a social “norm” but a biological “norm”. As can be seen in al-Qayrawānī’s text, the default rule is for the beard to be left to grow and “not trimmed”. When this is done, there is a natural point at which the beard will stop growing. Moreover, there is a “normal” length beyond which most peoples’ beards do not grow. However, some peoples’ beards do grow even beyond this normal length. It is the beards of such individuals, that appear abnormal and unnatural, that is described as “very long”, and is explained as what “exceeds what is normal for the generality of people”. Hence, Imām Mālik said it will be unproblematic for a person to cut his beard when it becomes unnaturally long. Al-Nafrāwī explains that “unproblematic” here in fact means “recommended.”[62] Al-Nafrāwī explains al-Qayrawānī’s statement: “The Prophet commanded that the beard be left to grow; made plentiful and not trimmed” as follows: “What comes to the mind from his statement: ‘commanded’ is obligation (wujūb); and it is so, because shaving it is ḥarām when it belongs to a man, and as for trimming, when it is not long, then it is the same [i.e. ḥarām ]. As for when it is very long, then he has alluded to its ruling.”[63] Al-‘Adawī similarly comments: “This [command] is for obligation when mutilation (muthlah) results from trimming, and for recommendation when it does not result in mutilation and is not very long.” Then under the statement “when it is very long”, he comments: “that is, not if it is not long or is a little long.”[64] Hence, al-‘Adawī describes three lengths: very long, long and not long. He then explains the ruling of trimming at these three different lengths. His full discussion, when scrutinised, gives a clear indication that trimming less than a fist-length is not permissible. A brief explanation of this can be found in the endnote.[65] [59] Ḥukm Qaṣṣ al-Liḥyah wa Ḥalqihā ‘inda l-Ḥanafiyyah, p. 47 [60] Kifāyat al-Ṭalib al-Rabbānī, 4:331; al-Fawākih Dawānī, 2:497 [61] ibid. [62] ibid. [63] ibid. [64] Kifāyat al-Ṭalib al-Rabbānī, 4:331 [65] Al-‘Adawī explains that when the beard is “very long,” trimming is “no problem,” as Imām Mālik stated, since this is in order to bring it back to a normal length. When it is “not long,” he states trimming amounts to “mutilation”, and is therefore not permissible. But when it is just “long,” then trimming is undesirable (khilāf al-awlā) but not impermissible. By “long,” al-‘Adawī has in mind a length that is more than a fist-length. This is clear from the subsequent discussion, as he discusses a disagreement in the madhhab over how much should be cut when the beard is “very long”. The dominant view is that it should be trimmed until the appearance returns to normal, and another view is that it is trimmed to a fist-length. Al-‘Adawī explains that the latter view entails that the disagreement would not be limited to the situation that the beard is “very long”. (Kifāyat al-Ṭalib al-Rabbānī, 4:332) That is, it will also apply to the situation that it is just “long.” This proves that “long” according to al-‘Adawī describes a length that is more than a fist-length. Hence, a beard that is less than a fist-length would not be described as “long” according to al-‘Adawī, but as “not long”; and since trimming a beard that is “not long” is impermissible, it follows that trimming a beard less than a fist-length would be impermissible according to al-‘Adawī’s explanation.

[@josephbrown3647]

Never knew so many rules. My goal was as long as possible. 😢

[@Servant-of-the-almighty]

I mean if your a shafi, hanafi, or Hanabali. You can

[@ren.8137]

Dont look too crazy

[@Naimedclaiming]

@@ren.8137did the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم look “too crazy” then? A stereotype doesn’t change reality. Grow up

[@zain1132]

Did Prophet Muhammad ever tell us to trim the bears this small? Did he ever do this?

[@karimbulldogs1435]

I see a lot of Egyptian clerics with clean shaven faces. Is there a ruling that support supports this practice?

[@Mayranos]

in the shafi'i madhab absolutely. Their position is that the beard is under the rule of the customs. and that shaving it completely is makrooh and not haram. Egypt has all 4 madhabs but it is majjoritarly shafi'i

[@karimbulldogs1435]

@@Mayranos JazakAllah Khair brother

[@7625e]

@@Mayranos Can you cite a reference for this please. I never heard this before and would like to verify

[@Mayranos]

@@7625e to be honest you could have searched for it on your own. It is a very well known position of the shafi'i madhab. But still here you go After quoting the statement of Imam al-Halimi in his Minhaj, “It is not permissible for anyone to shave his beard or his eyebrows,” the great scholar and hadith-master, Ibn al-Mulaqqin commented, “His position regarding shaving the beard is a wonderful position, despite the fact that the position that is prevalent in the school is that it is [merely] disliked. “[ Ibn al-Mulaqqin, al-I`lam bi fawa’id `umdat al-ahkam, 1.711?712 ] 2: In the Chapter on `Aqiqa in his interlineal commentary on the Rawd of the Yemeni scholar, Ibn al-Muqri, Shaykh al-Islam Zakariyya al-Ansari said, and [ : it is disliked to prefer beardlessness and pleasant looks by ] plucking it [ i.e. , the beard when it first sprouts ]. The author of the marginal glosses on this work, Imam Ahmad al-Ramli, who was one of the greatest Shafi`i scholars of his time, remarked on the above by saying, Just as it is disliked to pluck the beard, it is also disliked to shave it. Halimi’s statement in his Minhaj that, “It is not permissible for anyone to shave his beard or eyebrows,” is therefore weak 3: Imam Ahmad al-Ramli also stated this explicitly in his collection of legal answers. The Chapter of `Aqiqa in his Fatawa says, [ Question: “Is it unlawful to shave or pluck the hair on the chin or not ?” Answer: “For a man to shave his beard is disliked, but not unlawful. Imam al-Halimi’s statement in his Minhaj that ‘It is not permissible for anyone to shave his beard or eyebrows,’ is a weak position” ] 4: Imam Ahmad al-Ramli’s son, Imam Muhammad al-Ramli’ whose works are relied upon by the late Egyptian Shafi`is for the issuing of formal legal opinion [ fatwa ]said in the Chapter of `Aqiqa in the “Nihaya” : “It is recommended to part and comb one’s hair, and to comb one’s beard. It is disliked to pluck or shave the beard.”

[@khairt1731]

​@@7625erecite to what reference? This is the shafi fiqh books. Find them and read them

[@bolladeen]

What about those people who can't grow full facial hair? The hair are far apart, looks like the street lights. Is the modern method of growing hair which involve artificial hair permissable? And whats the fatwa about body and arm hair? Is it haram to shave?

[@SafinaSociety]

Any hair on the body can be removed except a beard and mustache if it grows normally. Men should not shape eye-brows like women

[@erwinsmith5381]

اللهم صل على محمد

[@lonemurtaza2276]

Asalamualikum sheikh Is the one fist rule for chin only.

[@SafinaSociety]

The sides can be shortened according to the custom of the pious Muslims in your area

[@lonemurtaza2276]

Here fist rule is applied to whole beared. But from sides my beared becomes fuzzy and curly and even not reaching to a length of fist. I am getting complements from people to trim it.

[@ashrafcrew7525]

"the beard should be apparent". Is it just me or is the Shaykh's beard not apparent? And why would the Shaykh follow the "bare minimum"? This Shaykh discussing the beard for 10mins seemed very ironic.

[@Mehmet_Fateh]

It's just you bro.

[@ashrafcrew7525]

Fair enough. Better put my glasses on

[@hamzamedina146]

That's what I mean there are many Maliki scholars with different opinions from masjid to masjid they can't even come together and agree on what is common on simple like the beard. Another thing as well is many are sufi or extreme sufi it's hard to tell the difference because sufi don't publicly proclam their practices on bidah and there extreme lengths of the bidah they find acceptable...

[@Mehmet_Fateh]

@@hamzamedina146 Bro, the Maliki opinion is clear. Growing is recommended, being clean shaven is haram. Why are you using this as a springboard to start taking about sufis and bid'ah?

[@bosnaEdis]

@@ashrafcrew7525 i find it also ridicolous that this guy is talking about beard when he is clearly not following the sunnah of the beard.

[@MariamAdams-q1z]

Some men dont hav facial hair naturally. As a woman i dont like men with long beards . And some of them look very untidy.

[@hak78612]

You dont have to like it.

[@abu_muhammad]

The 1% or less who don't have facial hair are exempt as common sense will dictate so you don't have to worry about them or use that as an excuse for your dislike of a sunnah. Also, you are 1/10, your dislike for bearded men means nothing when the most beautiful faces that ever walked on this earth, the Anbiya, were men with long beards. Yes, every single one of them. It's the face that's most liked by Allah and that's what matters.

[@ren.8137]

Incels 💀

[@TTS526]

To have a fist full beard is wajib period!!!!

[@andrewdavanzo8497]

Brother 3/4 school of thoughts say it is disliked to trim less than a fist.

[@reefatbakht]

Difference of opinion exist on the matter, and this is a mercy on the ummah. May Allah be pleased with us all.

[@AK_UK_]

Thanks anonymous youtube scholar. Glad you finally settled the matter. I'll reject the legitimate differences of opinion amongst massive scholars now that you have given your ruling on the issue!!! 🤣

[@elmajraz6019]

That's your Madhab. No need to say "period" as if it's unanimously agreed upon.

[@dakhan]

Calm down 😂

[@ashequebinkhaled3909]

To my understanding the Maliki madhab relies more on the Medinan way instead of authentic Hadiths. But the method of Ahmad bin Hanbal brings us closest to the Sunnah. Despite being born into a Hanafi family I now follow the Hanbali madhab.

[@OiledOttoman]

Be humble brother it is not for us to say on which ruling, which Imam was the closest. They were 4 of the greatest scholars and everything we learn from them is from the Sunnah.

[@ashequebinkhaled3909]

@@OiledOttoman No disrespect to any of the Imams, problem is with the blind followers. Every single of the 4 Imams advised the followers to practice on the Authentic Hadiths, even if that goes against their Fiqh.

[@OiledOttoman]

​​​@@ashequebinkhaled3909 akhi, we're all blind followers. Even great scholars like ibn Zayd al Qayrawani followed a madhab. Because the madahib are on the Quran and Sunnah. The mujtahid mutlak Imams talk about taking the strongest opinion, but they're not talking about you and me. They're talking about people who are flawless in the Arabic language and who posses knowledge about the primary and secondary Islamic sciences. We're not the ones to decide which opinion is the strongest and what not.

[@kishikishin9810]

It's not just the medinan but people that studied directly from sahabah in the town Prophet that lived in. Yeah not closest to the Sunnah.

[@zatheonladdie5715]

The Maliki madhhab doesn’t rely on the way of any Medinan person. Rather, the more correct wording is the way of the scholars of Medina which were either students of sahaba or students of the students of the sahaba. These were scholars from the salaf. al-Imam Malik رحمه الله also had the famous work, al-Muwatta. A compilation of many ahadith. He was limited in narrations nor understanding nor scholarship - by the way i am hanafi.

[@omermirza3210]

The beard is as necessary for a muslim as it is to do hajj for a hungry homeless muslim. The fiqh has priorities for certain contexts and beard was never the status quo of muslims. The sikhs , hippies and judaic faith people also have beards. Hence the distinction is gone in our times

[@AdamAli516]

If you had basic knowledge of fiqh, you would know that hajj is not necessary for the poor Muslim.

[@SafinaSociety]

Distinction is not the only reason. Following the Prophet ﷺ is the more important one.

[@hamzamedina146]

Beard necessary for hajj? That's a lie or a new Maliki fatwa? It's hard to tell because opinions change from imam to Scholar it's confusing

[@Umair1]

@@hamzamedina146 That's not what he said. He tried to make a joke. It was not funny so don't worry that you didn't understand it😂

[@madeleine.de.villeparisis]

The beard thing is laughable.

[@DoItNowTimeFlies]

None of the sahabah had less than a fist full The amal of the sahabah speaks volumes

[@MasterA-p1w]

You don't have one