Hadith 354

Sahih Muslim

Book 15: The Book of Pilgrimage

Chapter 55

Shaving the head is preferrable to cutting the hair, although cutting the hair is permissible

باب تَفْضِيلِ الْحَلْقِ عَلَى التَّقْصِيرِ وَجَوَازِ التَّقْصِيرِ ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 1303
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ، عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ، أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ دَعَا لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ثَلاَثًا وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ مَرَّةً ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ وَكِيعٌ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ ‏.‏
Yahya b. al-Husain reported on the authority of his grandfather 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.

Chain of Narrators

follower
1

Yahya bin al-Husain al-Ahmsy

يحيى بن الحصين الأحمسي

4 narrations

successor
2

Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj

شعبة بن الحجاج

2,461 narrations

successor
3

Sulaiman bin Da'ud bin al-Jarud

سليمان بن داود أبو داود الطيالسي

168 narrations

successor
4

Waki' bin al-Jarrah

وكيع بن الجراح

1,129 narrations

3rd Generation
5

Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba

أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة

2,203 narrations