Keeping a moustache around the lips

Q:

1. Some men have a mustache which grows vertically down around the lips and connects with the beard. Is it permissible?

2. Also, did our Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) have a mustache like that?

A:

1. Yes.

2. No.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)