Editing Shaving (section)

== Shaving in religion ==

=== Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Christianity ===

[[Hindu]], [[Jain]] and [[Buddhist]] (usually only monks or nuns) temples have ceremonies of shaving the hair from the scalp of priests, nuns, and certain followers, as a symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem.  [[Amish]] men and some other [[plain people]]s shave their beard until they are [[Visual markers of marital status#Beard|married]], after which they allow it to grow but continue to shave their mustaches. [[Tonsure]] is the practice of some [[Christianity|Christian]] churches.

In [[Hinduism]], in certain communities, a child's birth hair is shaved off as part of a set of religious rites ([[Sanskara (rite of passage)|samskaras]]).

=== Islam ===
==== Sunni ====
Leading classical Islāmic jurist and theologian [[Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani|Abdullāh b. Abī Zayd]] says in his '[[Al-Risalah (Ibn Abi Zayd)|Risalah]]', "and the Prophet ordered that the beard be left alone and allowed to grow abundantly and that it not be trimmed. [[Malik ibn Anas|Malik]] said: “And there is no objection in trimming from its length when it becomes very long.” And what Malik said, more than one of the Companions and the Successors also said.”"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yedali |url=http://archive.org/details/RissalatIbnAbuZeid |title=رسالة ابن أبي زيد القيرواني |language=Arabic}}</ref>

Muslim jurists have unanimously agreed that shaving the entire head, and, to a lesser degree, cutting it during [[Hajj|pilgrimage]] is preferable. It is proven that Muhammad shaved his entire head, and he prayed for those who shaved their heads or cut their hair. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence |url=http://www.harf.com/cms.aspx?ContentID=420 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=www.harf.com}}</ref>

Islām also teaches followers to shave/pluck body hair such as pubic and armpit hair on a regular basis (40 days). Shī'a and Sunnī [[Hadith|narrations from the Prophet]] state that: "God's Prophet (May God bless him) said: 'Anyone who believes in God and the Hereafter should not postpone shaving the pubic hair for more than forty days.'"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-25 |title=Part 22: On Forty And above-Numbered Characteristics |url=https://www.al-islam.org/al-khisal-numeric-classification-traditions-characteristics-shaykh-saduq/part-22-forty-and-above |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=www.al-islam.org |language=en}}</ref>

==== Shia ====
According to the Shia scholars, the length of beard should not exceed the width of a fist. Trimming of facial hair is allowed, however, shaving it is Haram (forbidden).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english.shirazi.ir/topics/beard|title=Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Hussaini al-Shirazi » FAQ Topics » Beard|access-date=11 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703072018/http://www.english.shirazi.ir/topics/beard|archive-date=3 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sistani.org/english/qa/01136/|title=Beard – Question & Answer – The Official Website of the Office of His Eminence Al-Sayyid Ali Al-Husseini Al-Sistani|access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leader.ir/en/book/23?sn=5211|title=Practical Laws of Islam|access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref>

=== Judaism ===
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Observant [[Jew]]ish men are subject to restrictions on the shaving of their beards, as [[Leviticus]] 19:27 forbids the shaving of the ''corners of the head'' and prohibits the ''marring'' of the ''corners of the beard''.<ref>{{bibleverse||Leviticus|19:27|}}</ref> The Hebrew word used in this verse refers specifically to shaving with a blade against the skin{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}; rabbis at different times and places have interpreted it in many ways.

Tools like [[scissors]] and [[electric razors]], which cut the hair between two blades instead of between blade and skin, are permitted.

===Sikhism===
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Observant [[Sikhs]] also follow the practice of keeping their hair uncut.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Religions - Sikhism: The Five Ks |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/customs/fiveks.shtml |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>