Washing the beard in ablution

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla said: If you are able to make the water reach the roots of the beard, then do so.

Ash'ath said: I saw Ibn Sirin washing his beard, so I asked: "Is washing the beard a Sunnah?" He said: "No."

Ibn Jurayj said that Ata held that the roots of the beard should be wetted with the water of ablution.

Al-Hasan al-Basri and Ibrahim used to consider it recommended to wipe the inner part of the beard during ablution.

Ibn Sabit said: When you perform ablution, do not forget to make the water reach the jaws (al-fanikayn).

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: How strange it is that a man washes his beard area before the hair grows, but once the beard hair has grown he does not wash it!