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Don't you find it interesting that so many Muslims have beards
and that Islamic scholars,
apologists and clerics seem to be abiding by an appearance policy
When you google for it. You can see a lot of beard that don't necessarily look very attractive
Even this ginger guy has a beard that makes him look very sweet
I had an Islamic beard when I was a Muslim
and I definitely felt safe and equipped and favored
because I had hair on my face
This guy even says
That men without beards look like women
and that if you see a man with long hair and without a beard in the street
You might mistake him for a woman and be sexually aroused at a man
by his fault
And who wants to have indecent thoughts about a man by accident?
Allah forbid
Instead of drooling at every walking female in the street
When you research further
You see how Islamic scholars harshly discuss
the rulings on beards and shaving them
which of course is a very important aspect of life
So what is it about Islamic beards?
Why do Muslims have beards?
Well briefly explained
According to the fundamental sources of Islam
and according to Sunni Islam and Shia Islam
It is obligatory to have a beard
Although the degree to which it is obligatory and the shape of it
slightly varies between Shia Islam and Sunni Islam
and also somewhat within the schools of Sunni Islam
If you're wondering why it is obligatory
I would say it is not too hard to guess
The reasons are primitive and tribalistic, of course
The obligation doesn't come from the Quran
just like many other obligations in Islam.
It comes from the hadith which are reports
quoting or describing Muhammad and his companions
It has consequently agreed that Muslims are required to follow the example of Muhammad
and as justification for that Islamic sources mostly cite the Quran
in several verses it says that obeying Muhammad means obeying Allah
that everyone should listen to Muhammad
that Muhammad is a brilliant example
among Muslims. It is commonly known that he is the most perfect human being
to ever walk the face of the earth
But more to that quite soon
The tradition the example of Muhammad and his companions is called the Sunnah
In the Sunnah there are a lot of practices
and orders from Muhammad
whose purpose it is to distinguish Muslims from the bad Non-muslims
among those things is the beard
Muhammad is reported to have said, "Do the opposite of what pagans do
Keep the beards and cut the mustaches short."
or trim the mustache and grow the beard and thus act against the fire-worshipers
According to a report
Muhammad once received two people from Persia. Zoroastrians
who had long mustaches and no beards
when he saw that, he was disgusted by their appearance
Muhammad then announced that Muslims should have beards and trimmed mustaches
to act against the fire-worshiping Zoroastrians
So in essence the whole ruling about beards and mustaches has to do with tribalism
to look like a Muslim
or to be more accurate to not look like non-muslims
Similar reports also concerned Jews and Christians
where Mohammed orders his followers to dye their gray hair
because Jews and Christians don't do that
Another report even shows
that Muhammad used to copy the hairstyle of Jews and Christians
and be different from pagans
later on when things didn't go well with Jews and Christians.
He changed his hairstyle
Why is it that important that Muslims don't look like non-muslims?
What was Muhammad so obsessed with that
because it was about us and to them
Muhammad also said by numerous reports,
"Whoever imitates a people is one of them."
This is a very very common sentiment in Islamic culture
Be like a Muslim, look like a Muslim, act like a Muslim
Many aspects of Islam
including hair, beard, mustache, clothing,
the call for prayer were shaped by trying not to look like other
non-muslim groups
It is funny that in the effort to look different from everyone else
Muslims basically caged themselves in a single appearance that they can't get out of
Congratulations Muhammad. Very smart. You played yourself
The Quran also says, "That whoever befriends Christians and Jews was of them."
as you can see, it is very important not to be,
look or act like the dirty infidel
and not to befriend them
Islamic sources will try to explain to you in so many ways
that if you act and look like non-muslims
You will love them and they're false wrong ways too much
and that if you love them too much, you will become like them
Allah forbid
Although this is the most important The most well known
most cited reason for the beard
Islamic sources usually cite one or two more reasons why to keep a beard
Reason number two is that a beard is
Part of the pure nature of a man
and it looks good
A hadith cites; cutting the mustache
letting the beard grow
cutting nails
plucking armpit hair
shaving pubic hair
and other details
as part of the fitra, the pure nature of a man
It's pretty weird that letting your beard grow is considered of nature
but letting your mustache or armpit hair grow is not
They want to tell me that this look is pure and natural
no wonder Muslim apologists resort to such poor propaganda
if you think beard is unattractive
then think about the Prophet Muhammad,
he was the most beautiful creation
and he had a beard
Reason number three is as the gentleman told us earlier
that a beard distinguishes a man from a woman
I get it when beard growers cheekily say stuff like that nowadays
but we're talking about a religion here
that dictates that you're basically a woman if you don't have a beard
and you can't oppose such a stupid proposition
and act outside of it
and you really don't want to have inappropriate thoughts looking at a man
because you thought it was a woman
because he didn't have a beard
May Allah punish him or forgive him
According to most scholars and the four major schools in Sunni Islam
The beard can't be shaved and shouldn't be cut
Shaving it is haram
It cannot be shorter than what you hold in your fist
because that's apparently how Muhammad's companions had it
The scholars differ on trimming it a little bit if it is too long
or shaving what is below or on the sides
Some say that you can trim it a little bit if it is too long and ugly
More radical sources like fundamentalists and revivalists
often teach that you need to let it grow
and trim your mustache very short
As a result, you will look fantastic
The mustache thing shouldn't even be a question
Because Muhammad said, "Whoever does not remove any of his mustache is not one of us."
He was serious
Don't join the gang with your mustache untrimmed
There are some Muslim opinions
Nowadays and in the past
that think it is not a strict rule that keeping a beard is only a recommendation
That it is obsolete today
But this is still a minority opinion
and it is disliked
while the consensus is clear
Look like this
Isn't it a little bit weird?
A little bit
that Islam is claimed to be a religion, a faith
and Allah the creator whom you must believe in and obey
in order to reach paradise and escape hell
but you're also supposed to strictly follow something as ridiculous
as having a specific beard
because in the 7th century, a man who brought the message of Allah
had his beard that way
and told others to make it that way too,
Isn't it bizarre that whether or not you are a true follower of Islam
part of the faith and liked by Allah
depends on how you look
People dress and make their hair and beard and face
in specific ways in order to be liked and respected in society
People have been doing this forever. It is natural
Islam confines all that natural desire to
This is what you will do and nothing else,
Isn't it also interesting that wherever we look within Islamic rules and traditions
even when it is something as pathetic as facial hair
It is again about tribalism
about us and them, about the own in the other
We and the enemy
The superior and the inferior
It is ridiculous. It is very laughable
What a joke
but it also further proves the problem of Islam as a religion that thrives on separation
and hostility
Next time someone tells you that Islam is universal
that it is not about difficulties and separation
and supremacy
ask them about the beard
To those Muslims who don't want to believe
that Islam is about tribalism and separatism
What do you say about the beard and all the sources regarding the beard
to religious Muslims and knowledgeable Muslims
Well, I wouldn't ask them anything.
No religious and knowledgeable Muslim actually believes
that Islam was about peace, love,
acceptance
friendship and cakes.
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