What to Do if Your Mother Threatens Suicide Over Your Beard?
Shaykh Ubayd al-Jabiri explains that a mother threatening suicide if her son does not shave his beard is making a false threat. The son should not obey her demand, as this is not a valid reason to abandon the Sunnah.
Ṣalaḥ al-Irānī
September 6, 2016
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Questioner:
The questioner says that his mother will commit suicide if he does not shave his beard. What should he do?
Shaykh Ubayd al-Jabiri:
She will not commit suicide. This is just a threat, so do not obey her.
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Ṣalaḥ al-Irānī:
Ṣalāḥ al-ʿIrānī is a contributor to DuSunnah.com. He studied in Dammāj and at Imām Muḥammad ibn Saʿūd University in Riyāḍ. He has benefited from a number of senior scholars, including Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān, Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Luḥaydān, Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalī, and Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl al-Shaykh.