Ibn Abī Shaybah narrates in his musannaf, (5/225-226):
Ghundar narrated to us, from Shuʿbah, from Manṣūr who said, “I heard Aṭā ibn Abī Rabāh (the tābi’ī) saying, ‘They used to like to leave the beard except in Ḥajj or ʿUmrah, and Ibrāhīm used to take from the sides of his beard.’”
And he narrates, ‘Ā’idh ibn Habīb narrated to us, from Ash’ath, from al-Ḥasan (i.e., al-Baṣrī) who said, “They used to allow for what was in excess of what is gripped by the hand of the beard, that it be taken from.”
And he narrates, Abū Āmir al-Aqdī narrated to us, from Aflah who said, al-Qāsim (the tābi’ī) when he shaved his head would take from his beard and moustache.”
And he narrates, ʿAlī ibn Hāshim and Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Ibn Abī Laylā, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, “That he used to take what was above a hands grip.” Wakīʿ said, “What was in excess of a hands-grip.”
And he narrates, Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Abū Hilāl who said, “I asked al-Ḥasan (i.e., al-Baṣrī) and Ibn Sīrīn who both said, “There is no harm for you to take from the length of your beard.”
And he narrates, Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Manṣūr, from Ibrāhīm (an-Nakhaʾī) who said, “They used to take something from and tidy their beards and take from the sides.”
Translated by Abū Ṭalḥah Dāwud Burbank
