SHAVING

The shaving of the beard is forbidden in the Traditions, for Ibn ʿUmar relates that the Prophet said: “Do the opposite of the polytheists; let your beards grow long and clip your mustachios.” The shaving of the head is allowed, provided the whole and not a part is shaven, for the Prophet said: “Shave off all the hair of the head or let it alone. ” ( Mishkāt , xx. ch. iv. pt. 3.) In Afghanistan it is the custom to shave the head, but not in other parts of Islām.