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		<title>By: Waleed</title>
		<link>http://adheretoislam.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/practical-benefits-of-the-beard/#comment-75</link>
		<dc:creator>Waleed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>May ALLAH (The Almighty) reward you with goodness.
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Aameen !</p>
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		<title>By: AFGMUJAHID</title>
		<link>http://adheretoislam.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/practical-benefits-of-the-beard/#comment-74</link>
		<dc:creator>AFGMUJAHID</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>assalam alaikum 

im 13 and i cant wait till i have a beard, just that moment 1 piece of hair grows, it aint coming off inshallah.

nice article, jazakallahu khair,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>assalam alaikum </p>
<p>im 13 and i cant wait till i have a beard, just that moment 1 piece of hair grows, it aint coming off inshallah.</p>
<p>nice article, jazakallahu khair,</p>
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		<title>By: Krshna</title>
		<link>http://adheretoislam.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/practical-benefits-of-the-beard/#comment-68</link>
		<dc:creator>Krshna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, I love growing my beard. i&#039;m not a Musilim myself(I&#039;m a Hindu from India), but have a lot of best friends who are Muslims, and well, they hate their beards! Most of the worlds greatest philosphers/masters like the prophet, jesus christ and even hindu sages etc, grew their beards. Jews are also encouraged to grow their beards, and christian Kings and Knights also grew their beards.

 The way i see it, muslims used to live in the deserts where it is extremely hot. Keeping a beard would save your facial skin from being burnt.

Keeping a beard also protected your face from the sand in sandstorms or anything of the order.

Keeping a beard makes you feel stronger, physically and mentally.

Keeping a beard helps the body stay cool. (Try soaking your beard in water, you will find that the moisture in it remains even after hours!)

A Beard will make you pay LESS attention to your own looks, thereby controlling your self admiration and EGO. People are les inlcined to remain attached to their looks and get carried away by external appearances.

What do you think?

My muslim friends told me that according to Islam, when a beard is stroked downwards, the action on the face is supposed to destress and relax the heart.
They say that the heart rate returns to normal on continual stroking of the beard.

:)
Peace !

Krshna</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I love growing my beard. i&#8217;m not a Musilim myself(I&#8217;m a Hindu from India), but have a lot of best friends who are Muslims, and well, they hate their beards! Most of the worlds greatest philosphers/masters like the prophet, jesus christ and even hindu sages etc, grew their beards. Jews are also encouraged to grow their beards, and christian Kings and Knights also grew their beards.</p>
<p> The way i see it, muslims used to live in the deserts where it is extremely hot. Keeping a beard would save your facial skin from being burnt.</p>
<p>Keeping a beard also protected your face from the sand in sandstorms or anything of the order.</p>
<p>Keeping a beard makes you feel stronger, physically and mentally.</p>
<p>Keeping a beard helps the body stay cool. (Try soaking your beard in water, you will find that the moisture in it remains even after hours!)</p>
<p>A Beard will make you pay LESS attention to your own looks, thereby controlling your self admiration and EGO. People are les inlcined to remain attached to their looks and get carried away by external appearances.</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>My muslim friends told me that according to Islam, when a beard is stroked downwards, the action on the face is supposed to destress and relax the heart.<br />
They say that the heart rate returns to normal on continual stroking of the beard.</p>
<p> <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
Peace !</p>
<p>Krshna</p>
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		<title>By: ibnummabd</title>
		<link>http://adheretoislam.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/practical-benefits-of-the-beard/#comment-65</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jazakumullahu khairan</description>
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		<title>By: Zaid</title>
		<link>http://adheretoislam.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/practical-benefits-of-the-beard/#comment-64</link>
		<dc:creator>Zaid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>great article. i would like you to know that the mushriks and yahoods of mecca used to keep beards too. But looking at rasoolullah and his sahaba keeping beards they agitated by cutting off their own beards.we who call ourselves the ummat should not shave our beards.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>great article. i would like you to know that the mushriks and yahoods of mecca used to keep beards too. But looking at rasoolullah and his sahaba keeping beards they agitated by cutting off their own beards.we who call ourselves the ummat should not shave our beards.</p>
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		<title>By: AfroBro</title>
		<link>http://adheretoislam.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/practical-benefits-of-the-beard/#comment-62</link>
		<dc:creator>AfroBro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is an interesting read. Other points I&#039;ve read from around are that since people generally like trusting older and more mature people and that having a beard makes you look more mature, its really good for business.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an interesting read. Other points I&#8217;ve read from around are that since people generally like trusting older and more mature people and that having a beard makes you look more mature, its really good for business.</p>
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		<title>By: yash</title>
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		<dc:creator>yash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>cool! cool!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>cool! cool!</p>
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		<title>By: music</title>
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		<dc:creator>music</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>very interesting. 
i&#039;m adding in RSS Reader</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>very interesting.<br />
i&#8217;m adding in RSS Reader</p>
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		<title>By: Muhammad Rizwan</title>
		<link>http://adheretoislam.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/practical-benefits-of-the-beard/#comment-39</link>
		<dc:creator>Muhammad Rizwan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great...MashaAllah..keep it up</description>
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		<title>By: Muhammad Rizwa</title>
		<link>http://adheretoislam.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/practical-benefits-of-the-beard/#comment-38</link>
		<dc:creator>Muhammad Rizwa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great...MashaAllah</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great&#8230;MashaAllah</p>
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