Those who permitted shaving and cropping it

Khilas said: "A man was brought who had four men with him. Three of them testified to zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), and the fourth did not come forward with his testimony. So Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) flogged the three, and he cut the hair of the one who had been testified against."

Makhul and al-Walid bin Abi Malik said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote concerning the false witness: "He is to be given forty lashes, his face is to be blackened, his head is to be shaved, and he is to be put in long imprisonment."

Umar bin Mus'ab said: "A man of the tribe of Banu Tamim was brought to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him), and he ordered that his head be shaved."