What was the actual shape and size of the beard of our Holy Prophet?

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Imaam Muslim reported in his Saheeh that Jaabir said that the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, used to have a thick beard. In the narration of Imaam Ahmad and An-Nasaa’i both, “He had a thick beard”. Shaykh Al-Albaani graded it as Saheeh (authentic).

Al-Haythami explained the expression ‘thick beard’ in Al-Mujamma’a, saying, “It means that the beard is not thin or long but it is thick without being too dense or long.”

Al-Munawi said in Faydh Al-Qadeer, in the interpretation of ‘he used to have a thick beard’ that it is to say ‘dense and round, covering all what is between his shoulders.’

Al-Qurtubi said, “When they gave the evidence that the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, had a thick beard, this does not mean that he had a long beard; it meant that it was thick but not long.”

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