The Length of the Islamic Beard

Question :

I request your Eminence to make clear the ruling on shaving the beard, or removing anything from it, and what is the legislated area of the beard?

Answer:

Shaving the beard is forbidden, because it is disobedience to the Messenger of Allah, for the Prophet ﷺ said:
"Grow your beards and shorten your moustaches."

And because it is a departure from the guidance of the Messengers to the guidance of the Zoroastrians and the polytheists. The legislated area of the beard is as defined by the scholars of the language, which is that it is the facial hair, the jaws and the cheeks, that is, the hair on the cheeks, jaws and chin-all of that is the beard. And removing anything from it is an act of disobedience and also, because the Messenger ﷺ said:
"Grow your beards".
and :
"Leave your beards".
and:
"Let your beards..."
and:
"Expand your beards..."

and this proves that it is not permitted to remove anything from it; however, acts of disobedience differ, so shaving is worse than removing part of it, because it is a greater and clearer violation than removing a part of it.

Read more:

Placing A Copy Of the Qur'an In the Car and Other Specific Place, Hoping That This Will Bring Blessings

Question : Some people hang verses of the Qur'an or Prophetic Hadiths on the wal...

It is Obligatory to Strive to Please One's Parents

Question : My friend asks, "My mother is quick to become she supplicates often a...

The ruling on burying Muslims in the Graveyards of the Disbelievers due to necessity

Question : Is it permissible to bury the Muslims in the graveyards of the non-Mu...

The Ruling on Shaving the Cheeks, and is it Allowed for a Man to Shave when He is Fasting?

Question : Is it correct to shave the cheeks, while leaving the beard, and is it...