Assala mu alaikum Mufti Sahab Can you please Explain me the Above Hadith? Is Shaving here related to Beard?

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Bukhari :: Book 5 :: Volume :: 93 Hadith :: 651

Narrated Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri:

The Prophet said, “There will emerge from the East some people who will recite the Qur’an but it will not exceed their throats and who will go out of (renounce) the religion (Islam) as an arrow passes through the game, and they will never come back to it unless the arrow, comes back to the middle of the bow (by itself) (i.e., impossible). The people asked, “What will their signs be?” He said, “Their sign will be the habit of shaving (of their beards). (Fateh Al-Bari, Page 322, Vol. 17th)

Assala mu alaikum Mufti Sahab Can you please Explain me the Above Hadith? Is Shaving here related to Beard?

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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

The narration in reference refers to the khawarij. Nabi صلىاللهعليهوسلمmentioned one of their signs to be shaving. This refers to shaving of the head.

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( سيماهمالتحالق ) السيماالعلامةوفيهاثلاثلغاتالقصروهوالأفصحوبهجاءالقرآنوالمدوالثالثةالسيمياءبزيادةياءمعالمدلاغيروالمرادبالتحالقحلقالرؤوسوفيالروايةالأخرىالتحلقواستدلبهبعضالناسعلىكراهةحلقالرأسولادلالةفيهوانماهوعلامةلهموالعلامةقدتكونبحراموقدتكونبمباحكماقالصلىاللهعليهوسلمآيتهمرجلأسوداحدىعضديهمثلثدىالمرأةومعلومأنهذاليسبحراموقدثبتفيسننأبيداودباسنادعلىشرطالبخارىومسلمأنرسولاللهصلىاللهعليهوسلم ( رأىصبياقدحلقبعضرأسهفقالاحلقوهكلهأواتركوهكله ) وهذاصريحفياباحةحلقالرأسلايحتملتأويلاقالأصحابناحلقالرأسجائزبكلحاللكنانشقعليهتعهدهبالدهنوالتسريحاستحبحلقهوانلميشقاستحبتركهقولهصلىاللهعليهوسلم

And Allah knows best

Wassalam u Alaikum

Ml. Ishaq E. Moosa,
Student Darul Iftaa

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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In’aamiyyah

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