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I am really interested in working as a male cabin crew in an airlines. And airlines generally require cabin crew to be clean shaven. My question is if at all I commit a sin by shaving for the purpose of the job, will my income be haram? Or will it be halal whist I engage in a sin by shaving? 

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Brother in Islam,

The beard is the hallmark of a Muslim and a great Sunnah of Rasulullah Salallahu Alayhi Wasallam.

Consider the following Ahadith,

عَشْرٌ مِنَ الْفِطْرَةِ: قَصُّ الشَّارِبِ، وَإِعْفَاءُ اللِّحْيَةِ، وَالسِّوَاكُ، وَاسْتِنْشَاقُ الْمَاءِ، وَقَصُّ الْأَظْفَارِ، وَغَسْلُ الْبَرَاجِمِ، وَنَتْفُ الْإِبِطِ، وَحَلْقُ الْعَانَةِ، وَانْتِقَاصُ الْمَاءِ

Ten acts are according to fitrah (natural disposition): clipping the moustache, letting the beard grow, using the tooth-stick, snuffing water in the nose, cutting the nails, washing the finger joints, plucking the hair under the armpits, shaving the pubes and cleaning one’s private parts with water. (Abu Dawood)

عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ” خَالِفُوا المُشْرِكِينَ: وَفِّرُوا اللِّحَى، وَأَحْفُوا الشَّوَارِبَ ” وَكَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ: «إِذَا حَجَّ أَوِ اعْتَمَرَ قَبَضَ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ، فَمَا فَضَلَ أَخَذَهُ» 

It is narrated on the authority of Ibn `Umar (Radhiallahu `anh) that the Messenger of Allāh (Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘Do the opposite of what the pagans do. Keep the beards and cut the moustaches short.’ (The narrator from Ibn `Umar Radiyallāhu `anh says:) Whenever Ibn `Umar performed the Hajj or `Umra, he used to hold his beard with his hand and cut whatever remained. (Bukhari)

It is not permissible for you to be a male cabin crew if you are required to shave your beard. If you do so, you will be committing a sin. Your income will be contaminated.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Huzaifah Deedat

Student Darul Iftaa
Lusaka, Zambia 

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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