Editing Beard (section)

====Shia====
[[File:Portrait of Shah Ismail I. Inscribed "Ismael Sophy Rex Pers". Painted by Cristofano dell'Altissimo, dated 1552-1568.jpg|thumb|upright|An example of a [[Safavid dynasty|Safavid]]-style beard: [[Shah]] [[Ismail I]].]]

According to the [[Twelver]] denomination of [[Shia Islam|Shīʿa Islam]], as per ''[[sunnah]]'' custom, the length of a 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/ufaqs/what-is-the-ruling-on-mens-beards/|title=What is the ruling on mens beards|author=Office of the Grand Ayatollah Sayid Sadiq Al-Shirazi|access-date=29 May 2018|archive-date=29 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529204105/http://www.english.shirazi.ir/ufaqs/what-is-the-ruling-on-mens-beards/|url-status=dead}}</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> About the permissible size of it, according to a few [[List of Shia Muslim scholars of Islam|Shīʿīte]]  ''[[Marja'|marjiaʿ]]'' such as [[Seyyed Ali Khamenei]], [[Ali al-Sistani|Seyyed Ali Sistani]], and others, if this (its size) is ''[[Urf|ʿurfly]]'' applicable (true of) beard, it will not be ''haram''.<ref>[https://farsi.khamenei.ir/treatise-content?id=196&pid=196&tid=-1 Ayatollah Khamenei; issue of beard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010070025/https://farsi.khamenei.ir/treatise-content?id=196&pid=196&tid=-1 |date=2020-10-10 }} khamenei.ir Retrieved 7 October 2020</ref><ref>[https://hadana.ir/%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B9/ Issue of Beard / Maraja's] hadana.ir Retrieved 7 October 2020</ref>