Shaving the Beard: Clarification on the Ruling: “It Is Ḥarām to Shave the Beard”

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Shaving the Beard: Clarification on the Ruling: “It Is Ḥarām to Shave the Beard”

English:

Question #1411:

What is meant by the phrase “It is ḥarām to shave the beard”? Is it that when the hair is fully-grown and one shaves it, or is it true of shaving the facial hair grown in part?

Answer #1411:

Generally speaking, it is ḥarām, on basis of caution, to shave any part of the beard which is universally recognised as shaving a beard. However, there is no objection to shaving some of the hair which does not fit the label of shaving a beard.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Shaving the Beard