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AlGhazalisIhya-Book_of_Purity, page : 14
“Circumcision is an ordinance to men and honorable to women.” But it should not
be taken to excess in cutting too much in women, the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him, said to Umm Atiyah while she was performing circumcision: “O
Umm Atiyah, take little and do not do much, this is more pleasant to the face and
preferable to the husband.”
Eight: What grows in excess of the beard, we have delayed talking about the
beard so that we can discuss and differentiate between the Sunnah and what is
invention. They have differed in regard to what is excess, so they said if a man
can clasp his hand around his beard what appears beneath his hand is excess
and should be cut, and thus ibn Umar and others have done. Others have said if
you leave it, it is much better according to the saying of the Prophet “…leave the
beard.” It is, however, much better to trim the beard and shape it well rather than
leaving it long giving an untidy appearance, which prompts the tongues to
backbite.
be taken to excess in cutting too much in women, the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him, said to Umm Atiyah while she was performing circumcision: “O
Umm Atiyah, take little and do not do much, this is more pleasant to the face and
preferable to the husband.”
Eight: What grows in excess of the beard, we have delayed talking about the
beard so that we can discuss and differentiate between the Sunnah and what is
invention. They have differed in regard to what is excess, so they said if a man
can clasp his hand around his beard what appears beneath his hand is excess
and should be cut, and thus ibn Umar and others have done. Others have said if
you leave it, it is much better according to the saying of the Prophet “…leave the
beard.” It is, however, much better to trim the beard and shape it well rather than
leaving it long giving an untidy appearance, which prompts the tongues to
backbite.