The size and shape of the beard of the Prophet

11-5-2004 | IslamWeb

Question:

What was the actual shape and size of the beard of our Holy Prophet?
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds.  I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

Imaam Muslim may Allaah have mercy upon him reported in his Saheeh that Jaabir may Allaah be pleased with him said that the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, used to have a thick beard. In the narration of Imaam Ahmad and An-Nasaa’i may Allaah have mercy upon them both, “He had a thick beard”. Shaykh Al-Albaani may Allaah have mercy upon him graded it as Saheeh (authentic).

Al-Haythami may Allaah have mercy upon him explained the expression ‘thick beard’ in Al-Mujamma’a, saying, “It means that the beard is not thin or long but it is thick without being too dense or long.”

Al-Munawi may Allaah have mercy upon him said in Faydh Al-Qadeer, in the interpretation of ‘he used to have a thick beard’ that it is to say ‘dense and round, covering all what is between his shoulders.’

Al-Qurtubi may Allaah have mercy upon him said, “When they gave the evidence that the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, had a thick beard, this does not mean that he had a long beard; it meant that it was thick but not long.”

Allaah Knows best.

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