I am a medical student in Egypt. Is it permissible for me to join the
military academy to become a doctor in the army, knowing that in the
Egyptian army it is compulsory to shave off the beard?
Praise be to Allah.
Shaving off the beard is haraam, because of the saheeh hadeeths that
clearly enjoin letting it grow. See the answer to question no. 1189 .
Based on that, it is not permissible to work in a place in which you
will beinstructed to commit this sin.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: I am in the
army and I always shave my beard, against my will.Is that haraam or
not?
He replied: It is not permissible to shave off the beard, because the
Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) enjoined
leaving it alone and letting it grow, in saheeh hadeeths. And he
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said that by letting it
grow, one is differing from the Magians and mushrikeen, and he
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) had a thick beard. Obeying
the Messenger is obligatory for us, and following his example in his
attitudes and actions is one of the best of deeds, because Allah,
mayHe be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad SAW) you have a good example"
[al-Ahzaab 33:21]
"And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad SAW) gives you, take it, and
whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it)"
[al-Hashr 59:7]
"And let those who oppose the Messengers (Muhammad SAW) commandment
(i.e. his Sunnah legal ways, orders, acts of worship, statements,
etc.) (among the sects) beware, lest some Fitnah (disbelief, trials,
afflictions, earthquakes, killing, overpowered by a tyrant, etc.)
befall them or a painful torment be inflicted on them"
[an-Noor 24:63].
Imitating the kuffaar is one of the gravest of evil actions and one of
the causes of being gathered with them on the Day of Resurrection,
because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
"Whoever imitates a people is one ofthem." If you are in a job where
you are required toshave off your beard, thendo not obey them in that
regard, because the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) said: "There is no obedience to any created being if it involves
disobedience towards the Creator." If they force you to shave it off,
then leave that job which is making you do something that angers
Allah. Many other means of earning a living are available, praise be
to Allah, and whoever gives up a thing for the sake of Allah, Allah
will compensate him with something better than it.
May Allah help you and make things easy for you, and may He make us
and you steadfast in adhering to His religion.
End quote from Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn Baaz, 8/376.
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa'imah, 12/20: Question: Please tell
me the ruling on one who works in the army (of a Muslim country) and
this is his source of income, but the military rules require him to
shavehis beard, and we have to go to extremes in honouring one
another, and when we meet we have to salute one another in a way that
is not as Allah and His Messenger commanded usto do, and to honour the
country's flag, and to referfor judgement amongst us to a law that is
not the law of Allah (i.e., military law). If I fight to defend the
country, that is not under the banner of "La ilaaha ill-Allah Muhammad
rasool-Allah", and Allah wills that I should be killed, what is the
ruling according to the Qur'an and Sunnah? Isit possible for me to
fight with an intention other than that of the army in whose ranks I
am fighting? If I do the aboveto ward off some harm that may befall me
(if I donot do it), am I sinning thereby? Is it possible for a Muslim
to work in the army with the intention of learning fighting skills
that he cannot learn in any other way under current circumstances?
Please advise me about obeying my parents in this matter, if our
points of view differ, and my parents do not want to refer to the
Qur'an or Sunnah, but to the customs of society and what people are
agreed on, and they think that religion is no more than prayer and
fasting and so on, and anything other than that is extremism. May
Allah enable you to do that which pleases Him, and guide you and
protect you.
Answer:
Firstly: It is haraam to shave the beard, and it is obligatory to let it grow.
Secondly: it is not permissible to salute the flag.
Thirdly: it is obligatory to rule in accordance with Islamic sharee'ah
and to refer to it for judgement.
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