English
Nafi narrated from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) prohibit partial shaving. 2 I asked Nafi: What is partial shaving? He said: Shaving part of a child’s head and leaving part [Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim]. Some have included the explanation with the hadith.
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 2120a (unverified) 96% confidence
- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 5921 (unverified) 94% confidence
Confidence and text similarity are not editorial verification.
Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 2
(2) The statement: "prohibit partial shaving": Al-Nawawi said: Our school holds that it is generally disliked for men and women due to the absolute wording of the hadith. He said: This is a disapproved act of avoidance. Malik and the Hanafis also disapproved of it. It is not specific to children; if an adult does it, it is disliked for them as well, but children are mentioned due to common practice. This is stated in Bazl al-Majhood. In Radd al-Muhtar and Al-Alamgiriyyah: Partial shaving is disliked, which is shaving some parts and leaving others.
Note 2
(٢) قوله: ينهى عن القزع: قال النووي: مذهبنا كراهة مطلقًا للرجل والمرأة؛ لإطلاق الحديث. قال: وهي كراهةتنزيه، وكذلك كرهه مالك والحنفية، انتهى. وليس هذا مختص بالصبي، بل إذا فعله كبير، يكره له ذلك، فذكر الصبيباعتبار العادة الغالبة. قاله في (بذل المجهود). وقال في (رد المحتار) و (العالمكيرية): ويكره القزع، وهو أن يحلقالبعض، ويترك البعض.