Hadith That Allah Has Commanded Me To Spare My Beard
Ahadith are the indirect narrations of the narrators from the Prophet. It is hard to make a claim that what specific words the prophet used. That is why, so specification of words of ahadith is decisive. Whatever is said in a hadith has to be proven on the basis of the principles of understanding religion and the basic one is that if it is about Shariah, it must find its traces in the Quran and Sunnah (Perpetual consensus practice of the prophet). In the case of beard, it does not have any basis in the Quran and sunnah. Nor does it conform to the objective of Deen that is purification of body. It only falls in the category of nature, and hence took it as it is. The comments of the prophet about it falls in this category of nature, nor of Shariah or sunnah. It is a thing likeable in men. Even if the prophet said that God ordered it, it still stays in the category of Fitrah. In our discourse we draw the conclusion on the basis of the principles, individual reporting has to conform to the principles. So if one has to criticise this discourse, he has to criticise the principles first. In our principle, Hadith is not an independent source of Deen or Shariah.