Playing with one's beard
Question
A person has a bad habit of playing with his beard constantly. Sometimes biting the hair also.
1) Is this considered something disliked in shariah?
2) How can he stop this bad habit
Answer
It is unethical.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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