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صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الحج
The Book of Pilgrimage
باب تَفْضِيلِ الْحَلْقِ عَلَى التَّقْصِيرِ وَجَوَازِ التَّقْصِيرِ:
Chapter: Shaving the head is preferrable to cutting the hair, although cutting the hair is permissible
Sahih Muslim 1303 — Shaving the head is preferrable to cutting
This hadith is listed as number 3150 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ ، عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ ، أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ ، دَعَا لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ثَلَاثًا وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ مَرَّةً " ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ وَكِيعٌ : فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ .
Yahya bin al-Husain reported on the authority of his grandmother that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) invoked blessing on the occasion of the Farewell Pilgrimage three times for those who got their heads shaved and once for those who got their hair clipped. In the narration transmitted by Waki' there is no mention of the Farewell Pilgrimage
