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2762. 'Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather that the Prophet ﷺ would take from his beard; from its breadth and its length. (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Gharīb. I heard Muḥammad bin Ismā'il saying: "Umar bin Hārūn is Muqārīb (average) in Hadīth. I do not know of a Hadīth of his that has no basis – or he said – which he is alone with, except this Hadīth: 'The Prophet ﷺ would take from his beard; from its breadth and its length.'" And we do not know of it except as a narration of 'Umar bin Hārūn, and I saw that he held a good view of 'Umar bin Hārūn.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] I heard Qutaibah saying: "Umar bin Hārūn was a person of Hadīth, and he would say: 'Faith is saying and action.'" He said: [I heard] Qutaibah (say): "Wakī bin Al-Jarrāḥ narrated to us from a man, from Thawr bin Yazīd that the Prophet ﷺ erected a catapult against the inhabitants of Aṭ-Ṭā'if." Qutaibah said: "I said to Wakī: 'Who is this (man)?' He said: 'Your companion 'Umar bin Hārūn.'"
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Commentary
According to Imām Mubārakpurī, this narration is Extremely Weak. [Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi, vol. 4, p. 1] It is also contradictory to the Prophet's authentic Aḥādīth, because he ﷺ stated that letting the beard grow is human nature and an ancient tradition, all the Prophets followed the tradition of trimming the moustaches.
