Ruling on letting the beard grow
Q: Praise be to Allah, I have let my beard grow. Now, when I meet any of my family or relatives, they disapprove of my act offensively and ask me to trim it although I insist on letting it grow and become thick. Is it permissible to trim it or should I let it grow, paying no attention to others' opinions?
A: It is obligatory for you to continue letting your beard grow and become thick as an act of obeying the commands of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him). You should pay no attention to what others say. Rather, you should not accept their opinions and remind them of Allah, explaining that their sayings are not Islamically permissible. You should inform them about the seriousness of their sin as they are calling you to disobey Allah, just as Satan does. We ask Allah to save us from that.
Moreover, the Messenger (peace be upon him) says: Trim closely the mustache and let the beard grow to be contradictory to the disbelievers. He (peace be upon him) also says: Trim closely the mustache, grow the beard, and thus act against the Magian and says: Let the beards grow long.
Hence, it is Wajib (obligatory) to let the beard grow and become thick and not to obey whoever calls for shaving or trimming it. We implore Allah to grant us safety. Indeed, this is in accordance with the Hadith, which states that by the end of time there will be malicious people calling for disobeying Allah and committing what He has prohibited.
Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported in a Hadith agreed upon by Al-Bukhari and Muslim that when the Messenger (peace be upon him) was asked about the evil that will befall people after his death, he said that by the end of time: (There will be) some people calling at the gates of the Fire, and whoever will respond to their call will be thrown by them into the Fire. I said, "O Allah's Messenger! Will you describe them to us?" He said, "They will be from our own people and will speak our language."
May Allah save us from those people and their likes such as those mentioned by the questioner. We should beware of them and should not respond to their call that contradicts Allah's Purified Shar` (Law). Allah is the Only One whose Help is sought. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions!