Question:
Salaam,
I hope everyone is well this Ramadan.
I started growing facial hair and recently heard an opinion from a brother on the definition of the lihya where he read from the respected brother G F Haddad, as being that which grows on the jawbone. However I don’t know where this is on my face entirely and to be honest I am very confused, so I just want to know what is implied by this opinion.
Is it along the jawline and chin, or is it located by opening the mouth and feeling along the beard, and wherever it feels hard is the jawbone, while where it is soft is the cheek?
May Allah reward you.
Answer:
`Alaykum Salam,
You have a beard when people say, when they look at you: “He has a beard.”
Hajj Gibril Haddad
