[10] رأيت أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) في شرطة الخميس ومعه...

[10] رأيت أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) في شرطة الخميس ومعه درة يضرب بها بياعي الجري والمار ماهي والزمير والطافي، ويقول لهم: ” يا بياعي مسوخ بني اسرائيل وجند بني مروان ” فقام إليه فرات بن الاحنف فقال: يا أمير المؤمنين، وما جند بني مروان ؟ فقال له: ” أقوام حلقوا اللحي وفتلوا الشوارب A companion of Amir-ul-Momaneen -asws narrates: I saw Ali -asws accompanied with his officials, on Thursday, he had a lash in his hand and was hitting those with it who were selling ‘Haram’ fish-The fish with Moustaches and the dead floating fish.

Amir-ul-Momaneen -asws cautioned them: O sellers of deformed Children of Israel and Army of Marawan’s son” (Upon listen to this) Furath Bin Al-Hanif asked : Ya Ali -asws who is the army of Marawan’s son! Imam Ali -asws replied they are from those who shave their beards and twisted their moustaches.

[11] The minimum and maximum length of Beard: It is narrated from Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws that close your fingers around your beard and trim down hair which comes out of your palm (width) and in another tradition, Imam -asws says the part of beard which is longer than the fist-length will be burnt in the hell fire. [12] Imam Musa Kazim -asws replied to a question regarding the triming of beard, as: trim it down some from the sides and some from the front. [13] .

وعن علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن هشام بن المثنى، عن سدير الصيرفي قال: رأيت أبا جعفر (عليه السلام) يأخذ عارضيه ويبطن لحيته Sudair Al Serafi reports : I having seen Imam Aba Jaafar -asws used to trim his beard by removing hair from His -asws cheeks and underneath the chin.

[14] محمد بن إدريس في آخر (السرائر) نقلا من كتاب (الجامع) لاحمد بن محمد ابن أبي نصر البزنطي صاحب الرضا (عليه السلام) قال: وسألته عن الرجل هل يصلح له أن يأخذ من لحيته ؟ قال: أما من عارضيه فلا بأس، وأما من مقدمها فلا Abi Nasr Al Bznti the Sahabi asked from Imam Raza -asws : Is a man allowed to remove hair from his beard ? Imam -asws replied: There is no harm if he removes hair from his cheeks but should refrain from shaving the front part.