Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 4427

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَأَى صَبِيًّا قَدْ حُلِقَ بَعْضُ رَأْسِهِ وَتُرِكَ بَعْضُهُ فَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَقَالَ: «احْلِقُوا كُلَّهُ أَوِ اتْرُكُوا كُلَّهُ» . رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ

Translation

Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet ﷺ saw a boy whose head had been partly shaved and partly left. He forbade them from doing that and said, “Shave all of it or leave all of it.” Muslim transmitted it.