The Iftā' House, which received an official request by the interior ministry asking about the urgency of growing beards as provided by the sharī'ah, said this matter should not take much of the society's time debating it, appealing for focusing on more important issues of reconstruction and development.

The fatwá highlighted the need that police officers and constables respect the instructions and rules governing their work as long as they are not conflicting with the settled principles of Islam. [Ahmad al-Buhayrī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Feb. 23, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic