I am a young Muslim studying in Britain. The current political situation in the west for Muslims is not very pleasant. These days I am looking for a job and experiencing a negative response from most of the places. My parents who are insisting me to stay with them in Britain thinks the reason behind my rejections and refusals by employers is because of my beard.
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Dear
I am a young Muslim studying in
Here I would like to add one more thing that I m not a very practising Muslim
and tries my best to offer salah. The only reason I have my beard is because I
feel like this is the only good deed I have to present Allah subhanautAllah at
the day of judgement and I believe that he will forgive me because of it.
Now please advise me, should I shave my beard so that I can get adjust and
settle down better and put myself in a better position to serve Islam, or
should I keep my beard and leave it on Allah and try to struggle and settle
down under these difficult conditions in which case I am not very hopeful about
my future.
Thanks & kind regards
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Answer:
Remove beard in UK
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your
Question: Now please advise me, should I shave my beard so that I can get
adjust and settle down better and put myself in a better position to serve
Islam, or should I keep my beard and leave it on Allah and try to struggle and
settle down under these difficult conditions in which case I am not very
hopeful about my future.
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, the Messenger of Allah
(saws) guided the believers to allow their beards to grow….thus no one in
creation has the authority or right to change, alter, or amend the Command and
Guidance of the Messenger of Allah (saws).
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah
Ahzaab verse 36:
It does not behove a believing man and a
believing woman that when Allah and His Messenger have given their decision in
a matter, they should exercise an option
in that matter of theirs. For whoever
disobeys Allah and His Messenger, has
indeed strayed into manifest error.
If one has adorned oneself with a beard with the intention
to follow the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws), and accepts and faces
its consequences (if any) only for the sake of Allah, he will have his due
reward from his Lord Most Gracious in the Hereafter.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 286:
286 On no soul doth Allah place a burden greater than it can bear.
If one so feels that the consequences of adorning one’s
beard is a burden more than he can bear, and if one genuinely believes that
removing his beard will lighten his burden and he can fulfill his prescribed
responsibilities in a better manner, or if one sincerely and genuinely believes
that on the Day of Judgment he will be able to present this excuse in his
defense in the Just and Supreme Presence of the All-Knowing All-Wise Lord, and
the Lord Most Just will accept his excuse….then he is well within his rights to
take his chance.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in
Islam,
Burhan
Wister