Taking Hold of the Beard and Removing What is More than a Handful
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Author: Ibn Abee Shaybah Ghundar narrated to us, from Shu'bah, from Mansoor who said, "I heard
Ataa ibn Abee Rabaah (the taabi'ee) saying, 'They used to like to leave the
beard except in Hajj or Umrah, and Ibraaheem used to take from the sides of his
beard.'" And he narrates, 'Aa'idh ibn Habeeb narrated to us, from Ash'ath, from
al-Hasan (i.e., al-Basree) who said, "They used to allow for what was in
excess of what is gripped by the hand of the beard, that it be taken from." And he narrates, Aboo Aamir al-Aqdee narrated to us, from Aflah who said, al-Qaasim
(the taabi'ee) when he shaved his head would take from his beard and
moustache." And he narrates, Alee ibn Haashim and Wakee narrtaed to us, from Ibn Abee
Laylaa, from Naafi, from Ibn Umar, "That he used to take what was above a
hands grip." Wakee said, "What was in excess of a hands-grip." And he narrates, Wakee narrated to us, from Aboo Hilaal who said, "I
asked al-Hasan (i.e., al-Basree) and Ibn Seereen who both said, "There is
no harm for you to take from the length of your beard." And he narrates, Wakee narrated to us, from Sufyaan, from Mansoor, from
Ibraaheem (an-Nakha'ee) who said, "They used to take something from and
tidy their beards and take from the sides."
Source: Al-Musannaf (trans. by Dawud Burbank)
Ibn Abee Shaybah narrates in his mussannaf, (5/225-226):