Hadith 262

Sunan Abi Da'ud

Book 11: The Rites of Hajj (Kitab Al-Manasik Wa'l-Hajj) Sahih

Chapter 646

Regarding Trimming Short And Shaving The Hair

باب الْحَلْقِ وَالتَّقْصِيرِ

Sahih
Sunan Abi Dawud 1982
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ الْحَلَبِيُّ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْمَعْنَى، - قَالاَ - حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ بِهَذَا قَالَ فِيهِ قَالَ لِلْحَالِقِ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ ابْدَأْ بِشِقِّي الأَيْمَنِ فَاحْلِقْهُ ‏"
The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Hisham n. Hassan through a different chain of narrators. This version adds:

He said to the barber: Start with the right side and shave it.