Volto barbuto sempre dovuto. La barba nella letteratura giuridica salafita

The aim of this article is to analyse the Islamic juridical literature on a specific part of the male body, the beard, which has been the subject of growing interest between the end of the last century and the first decades of the current one, essentially linked to the obligation imposed on it by some Islamic states (or those that have declared themselves to be such). Specifically, the article will examine and present the rules developed by Saudi Salafi jurists regarding beards, i.e. the reasons why it is obligatory to grow a beard, the sources from which this obligation derives, the reasons behind it and, finally, the consequences that follow from its violation. The reconstruction is based on the responses issued by the Permanent Committee of Scientific Research and the Fatāwà, whose members are all Salafis.