QUESTION:
Is it allowed to fold/tie your beard under the chin?
ANSWER:
It is not allowed to fold and tie the beard underneath the chin.
Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) said,
يَا رُوَيْفِعُ لَعَلَّ الْحَيَاةَ سَتَطُولُ بِكَ بَعْدِي فَأَخْبِرِ النَّاسَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ عَقَدَ لِحْيَتَهُ أَوْ تَقَلَّدَ وَتَرًا أَوِ اسْتَنْجَى بِرَجِيعِ دَابَّةٍ أَوْ عَظْمٍ فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا بَرِيءٌ مِنْهُ ”
‘O Ruwaifi’, you may live for a long time after me, so tell the people that whoever ties up his beard, or twists it, or hangs an amulet (that is un-Islamic), or cleans himself (after relieving himself) with animal dung or bones, Muhammad has nothing to do with him.’
[Sunan Nasa’i Book 48, Hadith 28]
Allah knows best.
Answered by Mawlana Mohammed Kashif
Also see [Q-ID0217] What is the ruling regarding the beard and its length? My workplace says I must shave it.
