Shaving the beard is a calamity

Al-Imām al-Albānī - may Allāh have mercy on him - said:

“Shaving the beard is a calamity. And it is, without a doubt, sin and disobedience and in opposition to the Qur’ān and to the Messenger. And in doing it is imitation of the disbelievers and the women.”

[Silsilat al-Hudā wan-Nūr, tape 3]