(1) The phrase enjoin them to “cut closely,” and the same applies to juzzoo (shear). The point is to trim the hairs that hang over the upper lip, not to shave off the entire mustache, for that contradicts the Prophet’s established practice. Thus, when Malik was asked about someone who shaves his mustache, he said, “I think he should be given a painful beating,” and about one who removes it completely he remarked, “This is an innovation that has appeared among people” (Bayhaqi, 1:151; see also Fath al-Bari, 10:285-86). For that reason Malik himself kept his mustache full; when asked about it he said, “Zayd ibn Aslam told me, on the authority of Amir ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, that Umar, whenever he became angry, would twist his mustache and blow.” Tabarani records this in al-Muʿjam al-Kabir, 1/4/1, with a sound chain. Tabarani (1:329/2), Abu Zurʿa in Tarikh (46/1), and Bayhaqi likewise report that five of the Companions used to yaqmun—that is, they removed the part of the mustache that touched the lip’s edge; the isnad is hasan (reliable). (2) Reported by Bukhari, 10/289 (his wording), Muslim, 1/153, Abu Awana, 1/189, and others from Ibn Umar.