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A
new law requires me to shave off my beard in order to renew
my passport
*Please appropriately reference
this fatwa to: www.fatwa-online.com, thankyou!*
Question:
Your excellency, my passport has expired and I want to renew
it so that I can come and perform 'Umrah and the obligatory
Hajj. (The passport office) requested I shave off my beard
in accordance with the new law which was recently passed in
my country. So what do I do? And may Allaah reward you with
good.
Response:
In the Name of Allaah, and all Praise is for Allaah (alone).
We advise you not to adhere (to their request) to shave off
your beard, and (rather) be patient until another time, and
Allaah will make an opening for you (facilitate for you your
affairs), as He (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala) says:
{And
whosoever fears Allaah and keeps his duty to Him, He will
make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty)},
[Soorah
at-Talaaq, Aayah
2].
And
from that which is known, the shaving off of the beard is
a sin, because the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) commanded the leaving off of beards
to grow. And it is authenticated from him (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) that he said:
((Indeed,
obedience is in (all) that is good, (and) there is no obedience
to (any of) the creation whilst committing a sin against Allaah)).
And
may Allaah grant everyone success.
Shaykh
Ibn Baaz
Silsilah
Kitaab ad-Da'wah (10), al-Fataawa - Volume 3, Page 42
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