Muwatta Malik
Book 20, Hadith 200
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ مَنْ ضَفَرَ رَأْسَهُ فَلْيَحْلِقْ وَلاَ تَشَبَّهُوا بِالتَّلْبِيدِ .
Translation
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umarthat Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "Someone who puts plaits in his hairshould shave his head, and do not plait your hair in such a way thatit seems you have matted it."