Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 915
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ خِلاَسٍ، نَحْوَهُ . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عَلِيٍّ فِيهِ اضْطِرَابٌ . وَرُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى أَنْ تَحْلِقَ الْمَرْأَةُ رَأْسَهَا . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لاَ يَرَوْنَ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ حَلْقًا وَيَرَوْنَ أَنَّ عَلَيْهَا التَّقْصِيرَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Abu Dawud narrated to us, from Hammam, from Khilas, with a similar report, but he did not mention Ali in its chain. Abu Isa said: The report from Ali has irregularities. This hadith has also been narrated from Hammad ibn Salamah, from Qatadah, from A'ishah, that the Prophet forbade a woman from shaving her head.
Scholars act on this: they do not require a woman to shave her head; rather, they hold that she should shorten her hair.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source notes variation in the chain attributed to Ali, then cites A'ishah's report about women shortening rather than shaving their hair.