Beard Grooming

Question: Is it permissible to shave the hair on the cheeks?

Answer: 

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

In short, it is permissible for you to shave the hair on your cheeks.  See the following for the detailed answer.

The Beard (Lihya)

The hair that grows on the cheek is not considered a beard linguistically speaking. For this reason, it is allowed for you to shave it [Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar].

Ibn Abidin – one of the great authorities in the Hanafi school – quotes from an earlier work saying, “There is no harm (bas) in taking from the eyebrows and the hair of the face as long as it doesn’t lead to resembling effeminate men” [Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar citing the Mudmarat].

Hope this helps.

Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch

Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a graduate from Tarim; a student of Habib Umar and other luminaries; and authorized teachers of the Qur’an and the Islamic sciences