What a man is commanded: letting the beard grow and trimming the mustache

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Be thorough in cutting the moustaches, and let the beards grow."

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever does not trim his moustache is not one of us."

Uthman al-Hatibi said: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) being thorough in cutting his moustache.

Habib said: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both); he had cut his moustache in such a way as if he had shaved it.

Hisham said that al-Hasan and Muhammad both used to cut their moustaches very closely.

Yahya bin Sa'id said: I saw Abdullah being thorough in cutting his moustache.

Ubaydullah bin Abi Rafi' said: I saw Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id, Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij, Sayyiduna Salamah bin al-Akwa', Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah and Sayyiduna Abu Usayd (may Allah be pleased with them); all of them used to have their moustaches cut right down, in the manner of shaving.

Makhul said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) stated: "We have been commanded to have our moustaches cut until the skin is clearly visible."

Abd al-Aziz bin Umar said that Umar bin Abd al-Aziz was asked: "What is the Sunnah method of cutting the moustache?" He said: "Cut it until the edge of the lip appears, and cut away whatever is excess of the two moustaches."

Maymun said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to pull his moustache out sideways and then clip it, just as the hair of goats is clipped.

Ubaydullah bin Abdullah bin Utbah said that a man from the Magians came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He had shaved his beard and let his moustache grow long. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: "What is this?" He said: "This is how it is in our religion." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "But in our religion the way is that we cut the moustache and let the beard grow."

Ikrimah said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Trimming the moustache is part of the religion.

Ikrimah said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to trim his moustache, or he said: his moustaches.

Abu al-Zubayr said that Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We used to be ordered to let the hair at the front of the beard grow and to trim the moustaches.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Trimming the moustache and growing the beard are part of the fitrah.