Sayyidi Younus AlGohar discusses why Muslims were advised to keep beards and how it should be done per the religious law.

Summary:

- Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said that the Jews grow their moustaches and trim their beards, so the Muslims should do the opposite. The concept of keeping a bead was given so as to different the Muslims from the non-Muslims, because in the Arab society, people of all religions looked similar.

- Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) did not specify the length of the beard but he himself would not let his beard grow beyond the length of his fist. He never told people not to groom their beards.

- Spirituality is not to be found in keeping a beard. Your beard does not affect your character. Your bead has nothing to do with the religion itself.