It is a Sunnah. I would like you to read below article for the love of Rasullullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam).
Hurting the heart of Rasúlulláh (sallallahu alayhi wasallam
A buzurg from Iran very much liked some poetry of a certain poet, Mirzá Qatíl, who lived in India. This buzurg from Iran travelled to India to meet the poet. On his arrival, he was told that the poet was in the bazár at a certain barbershop, having his hair cut. When the buzurg went to the barbershop, he saw that the poet was having his face shaved. On seeing this, he said, in poetic Fársí:
“Good gracious! You are getting a clean shave!”
The poet replied, also in Fársí:
“Yes. However, I am not shaving anybody’s heart.”
Meaning: “By my being clean-shaven, I have not hurt anybody’s heart.” He felt that this was an appropriate reply. However, one does not mess around with any buzurg! The buzurg sahib immediately retorted:
”You have shaved the heart of Rasúlulláh صلى الله عليه وسلم.
The buzurg was saying: “What you are saying is false. You are shaving the heart of Áqá-e-námdár, Rasúlulláh صلى الله عليه وسلم. When your deed is presented to Huzúre-Akram صلى الله عليه وسلم, will he not be grieved? You then have the audacity to say that you are not causing grief to anybody! Arè! You yourself are hurting the very heart of Sarware-do-álam, Rasúlulláh (sallallahu alayhi wasallam)
Hearing this, Mirzá Qatíl went into a state of ecstasy, and exclaimed:
“Jazákalláh! You have opened my very eyes!
You have united me with my beloved!” He then made taubah.
The beard – a symbol of Islám & of manliness
At this stage, all I wish to state as a corollary that, nowadays, the beard is referred as a “signboard”. What rashness and ill-manners is this not! In actual fact, there was not a single Nabí عليه السلام who did not have a beard. These people do not realise how far-reaching this statement is. Ah! Today they are insulting the symbols of Islám. The nikáh of such people, who are contemptuous of the Dín, also breaks, because these people mock the beard by referring to it as a “signboard”.
However, with this very statement of theirs, I will prove to you the great value, elevated status and dignified and noble rank of the beard, with the following: You will have noticed that major companies have signboards in front of their premises. The signboards indicate that the goods sold there are of a very high quality; and that these are major suppliers ‒ showing their greatness and grandeur. So, from this one can conclude that the beard is also a sign of nobility and grandeur.
Also, one can also deduce that the dignified status of a male is that he has a beard. Among goats it is the male that has a beard. The male goat will have a beard and the female goat does not have one. Thus, we can deduce that a beard is a sign of manliness, and not having a beard is being like the female goat, and is a sign of femininity. And manliness is portrayed in its perfection by the beard; not so femininity. The clean-shaven male is humiliating himself with his own mouth. He has no perception of the honour that is inherent in the beard.
That is why the malá’ikah recite the tasbíh in this manner:
ُسْمبَحاَن َمْمن َزَّيَنالِّرَجاَلبِالُّلٰحى َوَزَّيَنالِّنَساَءبِالَّذَ
وائِ ِب
"We recite the tasbíh of that pure Alláh Who adorned males by way of their beards and of that pure Alláh Who adorned women by way of their tresses."
The molví-sáhibán tend to be very plain and simple people. Listen to this:
One molvísáhib was travelling by train somewhere. A clean-shaven, western-educated man started throwing jibes at him. When the poor molvísáhib became very vexed, he turned to the gentleman-sáhib and asked: “Do you have a wife and children?” He replied: “Yes. I have. ”When there is no way of differentiating between you and your wife, seeing both your features are the same, then your children would not be able to differentiate between you and your wife. Sometimes they call you ‘mother’ and sometime call her ‘mother’.” The gentleman-sáhib remained silent.
Truth changes affection & esteem into anger & hatred.
The people of Makkah and relatives had a special love for Huzúre- Akram صلى الله عليه وسلم. They had faith and confidence in him. They called him by the title of “Sádiq” ‒ the truthful ‒ and they called him by the title of “Amín” ‒ the trustworthy. However, when he proclaimed the truth to them, that the real deity to worship is only one Alláh, then everybody got enraged. Did he swear at anybody? Was he abusive? Did he steal anybody’s possessions? Not at all!
The issue was only one: With his blessed tongue he had just uttered something that was contrary to their false beliefs. It is the compulsory duty of a person with a sound temperament to proclaim the truth, by viewing the inner reality, pondering over the proofs and acting according to natural dispensation.
When Huzúre-Akram صلى الله عليه وسلم relayed the orders of Alláh َت َعالى to the kuffár, and told the kuffár to remove the 360 idols from the Ka’bah, they all instantaneously became enraged. This is the effect of proclaiming the truth.
In any case, it is our task to relay the truth, whether some find it bitter or sweet. To quote the Hadíth Sharíf again:
َا ْمل ُ ْمس ِل ُم َم ْمن َس ِل َم َا ْمل ُ ْمس ِل ُم ْمو َن ِم ْمن ِّل َس ا ن ِ ٖه َو َي ِد ٖه
"A Muslim is he from whose tongue and hand other Muslims are safe."
Keeping this Hadíth Sharíf in front of you, you will find that your life in the dunyá will pass with peace and tranquilly; and, as for the ákhirat, there you will have benefit piled upon benefit.
Source: For Friends No.26
Selected discourses of Hadhrat Maulana Muhammad Masihullah Khan (rahmatullah alayh) www.asic-sa.co.za
Alhamdulillah! May ALLAH TA'ALA 's peace and blessings be upon His beloved Nabi e Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) and his noble family, Ameen.
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