al-Lihyah Limadha - Muhammad Ismaïl Al-Muqaddim - (7)

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Do not pluck out grey hair, for it is the light of the Muslim.” ⦗fair hadith⦘

There is no difference whether it is plucked from the beard or from the head. Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said, “It is disliked for a man to pluck a white hair from his head or his beard.” ⦗Narrated by Muslim⦘

As for the one who shaves his beard, he has taken exception to black hair—much less to the white hair that is the Muslim’s light.

It is reported that ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with him) and Ibn Abī Yaʿlā, the judge of Madinah, rejected the testimony of anyone who plucked out his beard.

Al-Ghazālī and al-Nawawī—may Allah have mercy on them—said: “Plucking the beard when it first begins to grow is an imitation of the murd (1) and is among the gravely reprehensible acts.”

Letting the beard grow is a Prophetic sunnah

Allah, exalted is He, says: “Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah you have an excellent example.” ⦗Al-Ahzab 33:21⦘

(1) Murd: the plural of amrad, denoting a youth whose moustache has started to grow while his beard has not yet appeared.

قال ﷺ "لَا تَنْتِفُوا الشَّيْبَ ; فَإِنَّهُ نُورُ الْمُسْلِمِ". [حديث حسن] ولا فرق بين نتفه من اللحية أو من الرأس، وعن أنس ﵁ قال: " يُكْرَهُ أَنْ يَنْتِفَ الرَّجُلُ الشَّعْرَةَ الْبَيْضَاءَ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ" [رواه مسلم]، والذي يحلق لحيته قد كره الشعر الأسود فضلًا عن الأبيض الذي هو نور المسلم. وقد رُوي "أن عمر ﵁ وابن أبي يعلى قاضي المدينة ردَّا شهادةَ مَن كان ينتف لحيته". وقال الغزالي والنووي عليهما الرحمة: "ونتفها -أي اللحية- في أول نباتها تشبه بالمُرْد (١)، ومن المنكرات الكبار". إعفاء اللحية سنة محمدية قال ﷿: ﴿لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ﴾ [الأحزاب:٢١]

(١) مُرْد: جمع أمرد، وهو الغلام طرَّ شاربه، وبلغ خروج لحيته، ولم تَبْدُ.