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    Question ID: 25478Country: India

    Title: Is it a sunnah to remove mustache or trim mutrche? Now a days many people are removing moutache. Is it against of Sunnah?

    Question: Is it a sunnah to remove mustache or trim mutrche? Now a days many people are removing moutache. Is it against of Sunnah?

    Answer ID: 25478

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 1498/1498/M=1431)

    Both types of sayings (i.e. sunnah and bidah) are quoted concerning the shaving of moustache.
    حلق الشارب بدعة و قيل سنة . (درمختار).
    It is better to trim the moustache with scissors etc till the lip is clear.

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India