Appointing someone with a short beard to perform jumuah salaah

Q: Can you appoint a person who has the latest style short cut beard much shorter than a fist length to make jumah. 

A: It is makrooh and impermissible.

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

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)