Obey Your Parents in Not Shaving Your Mustaches

30-5-2018 | IslamWeb

Question:

I'm 15 years old and I have peach fuzz as mustache. First of all, it looks TERRIBLE. My parents don't allow me to shave it. I don't really think I should have it it looks bad and people kind mock me about it... Somebody got any advice?

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

First of all, we would like to welcome you in our site. Your asking this question reflects your keenness to learn and to act according to the Islamic Sharee’ah.

Our advice to you dear questioner is to fear Allah, obey His Messenger . We also advice you to obey your parents in not shaving your mustaches.

However, you are allowed to trim whatever exceeds your lip based on the narrations which prove that it is permissible to trim the mustache, such as the Hadeeth narrated by Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet said: “Trim your mustaches and let your beard grow.” [Ahmad and others; and Al-Arna’oot classified it as authentic]

Moreover, Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Prophet said: “Cut off your mustaches and let your beard grow.” Many scholars interpreted ‘cut off your mustaches’ to mean trimming whatever exceeds the lip.

Therefore, you should obey your parents. Do not disobey them by shaving your mustaches; especially that some jurists are of the view that it is not permissible to totally shave the moustaches, and that whoever does that should be disciplined. Hence, you should leave peach fuzz mustache and not shave it. The fact that it does not look good, then this will disappear when you grow up, as the days pass, and you will get accustomed to it. If the hair of the moustache exceeds the lip, then cut whatever exceeds the lip.

By doing so, you would have obeyed your parents and acted according to the Sunnah of the Prophet .

For more benefit, please refer to Fataawa 84555 and 83597.

Allah knows best.