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Is the Hadith "My Lord commanded me to let my beard grow" authentic, which was said to be in one of Al-Albani's books, and what are its implications, and is shaving the beard disliked (makrooh) or forbidden (haraam)?

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This hadith was narrated by Al-Harith in his Musnad, and transmitted by Ibn Abd al-Barr in Al-Tamhid, Al-Tabari in his Tarikh, and Ibn Sa'd in Al-Tabaqat. It was authenticated by Al-Albani in Sahih Al-Sirah Al-Nabawiyyah.

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