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How much is the limit of the beard in Sunnah

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Assalamualaikum, 

How long the beard should be kept? Some people leave it long and long and they don’t trim it, please explain how much is the limit of beard for keeping it long according to sunnah? 

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The Masnoon limit of the beard is one fist in the length and the width. It is also against Sunnat to keep the beard too long than the one fist.

عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ مَا فَوْقَ الْقُبْضَةِ۔ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ مِنْ لِحْيَتِهِ مَا جَازَ الْقُبْضَةَ.(مصنف ابن ابی شیبہ) وكان ابن عمر إذا حج أو اعتمر قبض على لحيته فما فضل أخذه (صحیح بخاری: باب تقليم الأظفار)

  واللہ اعلم بالصواب

 

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