Playing with one's beard

Q: A person has a bad habit of playing with his beard constantly. Sometimes biting the hair also.

1) Is this considered something disliked in shariah?

2) How can he stop this bad habit

A: It is unethical.

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

 

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)