UP's Darul Uloom Deoband orders students not to shave off beards, expels 4

Islamic educational institution Darul Uloom Deoband has expelled four students who shaved their beards. The institution, based in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur, also issued an order asking its students not to shave beards.

Maulana Hussain Ahmed, the in-charge of Darul Uloom Deoband education department, said in the order on Monday that no student studying in the institution shall shave their beards.

"If he does so, he will be expelled. Apart from this, admission will not be given to the students coming for



admission in the institution after cutting their beards," the order read.

On February 6, four students were expelled for shaving their beards.

Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali, a senior All India Muslim Personal Law Board member and the Shahar Qazi of Lucknow, told news agency PTI, "Rasool Allah Muhammad used to keep a beard, so keeping a beard is 'Sunnah' (practice) in Islam. If a person has a beard once and later removes it, then that person will be considered guilty. Beard has a different significance in Islam."