Answered by SunniPath Answer Service Team
Currently I am a high school student and my school’s dress code requires males to be clean-shaven. I have told my school that I cannot do this because of religious reasons, and so finally they agreed that they would review the issue if I presented them with proper evidence from holy texts that would justify the need for a beard. I would appreciate it to the utmost degree if you would please tell me some locations in Hadith where the need for a beard is expressed (since I am pretty sure there is no mention of beards in the Quran itself).
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the most Merciful, the most Compassionate.
YOur question has been previously answered at the following links:
Regarding the beard:
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=3&ID=2238&CATE=414
What is the ruling of trimming the beard in the Shafi’i school?:
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=3&ID=3154&CATE=414
You will also tremendously benefit from Shaykh Nuh Ha Mim’s article, “On keeping the beard” at the following link:
http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/beard.htm
And Allah knows best.