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.

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