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Question ID: 8967Country: India
Answer ID: 8967
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 2038/1886=D/1429)
It is wajib to keep beard and it is haram to trim it below one fist size. It is haram to consume pork and wine too. Trimming beard may be worse in a sense that its effect continues until it grows again to one fist size, but this equation is not mentioned in the Quran and Hadith.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India