Reference: Silsilah Kitaab ad-Da’wah (10), al-Fataawa – Volume 3, Page 42
Question: Your excellency, my passport has expired and I want to renew it so that I can come and perform ‘Umrah and the obligatory Hajj. [The passport office] requested I shave off my beard in accordance with the new law which was recently passed in my country. So what do I do? And may Allaah reward you with good.
Response: In the Name of Allaah, and all Praise is for Allaah [alone]. We advise you not to adhere [to their request] to shave off your beard, and [rather] be patient until another time, and Allaah will make an opening for you (facilitate for you your affairs), as He سبحانه و تعالى says:
And from that which is known, the shaving off of the beard is a sin, because the Prophet ﷺ commanded the leaving off of beards to grow. And it is authenticated from him ﷺ that he said:
And may Allaah grant everyone success.
