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From: ishakbey@dbl2.ces.cwru.edu (Naci Selim Ishakbeyoglu)
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Subject: Re: Goats,Beards,and Action (Article from MuslimWise).
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Date: 15 Dec 90 01:33:47 GMT
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In article <1990Dec12.154553.28131@wpi.WPI.EDU> khan@romulus.RUTGERS.EDU (Farrukh Shah Khan) writes:


>In Islam a muslim has to clean (shave) all unwanted hair. That is
>because of the same reason as circumcision (and bad smells). Same is
>(almost) true for the hair on the face. But people like beards, so
>Mohammad PBUH put an upper bound on the size of the beard. It should
>not be more than the width of your knuckle. This so that you won't dip
>it in the gravy when you are eating and is easy to clean. 
>
    It is "sunnah" to grow beard.  In a saying of prophet PBUH,
    he told muslims to shorten their mustaches and to grow their beards long.
    There are several sayings of Prophet PBUH on this subject. 

>So the conclusion is that it not required at all infact it is
>preferable not to have one. "But they don't understand ..."
>

    The conclusion is wrong. Altough it may not be required, it is certainly
    preferred to have one, and strongly encouraged by the prophet PBUH.

>
>   ^  ~  / * 
>   *   '   _  
>  __   w  (_) 				Live long and prosper.
> ' _/    __/		   		Farrukh Shah Khan.
>  (__, _/		  		khan@remus.rutgers.edu
>
>
   
   Najee.