Cutting the hair below the lower lip and on both sides of it

Question

Question: (1) Is it bid‘a (innovation) to have the hair below the lower lip trimmed off completely? (2) Is it bid‘a to have the hair on both edges near the lower lip shaved? (3) Is it permissible for one who has no growth at the edges of the hair below the lower lip to have an outline (khatt) made there, as on the cheeks?

Answer

(1) Yes. (2) Having the hair near the lip shaved from both edges so that it does not get into the mouth while eating and drinking is permissible. (3) When there is no hair there at all, then why have an outline made?

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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