Shaving the moustache with a razor or blade

Question

Question: In the noble hadith the word qass (clipping) has come. Is the present-day practice of shaving off the moustache with a razor or a blade a bid‘a (an innovation in religion)? Many people of knowledge are also seen doing it. Is this correct?

Answer

Regarding shaving the moustache, two positions are reported in al-Durr al-Mukhtar: [ar]حَلْقُ الشَّارِبِ بِدْعَةٌ، وَقِيلَ: سُنَّةٌ، مَشَى عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمُلْتَقَى، وَعِبَارَةُ الْمُجْتَبَى بَعْدَمَا رَمَزَ لِلطَّحَاوِيِّ: حَلْقُهُ سُنَّةٌ، وَنَسَبَهُ إِلَى أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ وَصَاحِبَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَالْقَصُّ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يُوَازِيَ الْحَرْفَ الْأَعْلَى مِنَ…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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