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bayhaqi:13139Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqariʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > ʿUmar b. ʿAlī > Ashʿath b. Sawwār > ʿAwn b. Abū Juḥayfah from his father > Baʿath al-Nabī Ṣalá

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ sent a messenger among us to collect zakat from the wealthy and distribute it among the poor. He ordered me to shave my head. This hadith is known as the narration of Ash'ath ibn Sawwar, who was not a strong individual.  

البيهقي:١٣١٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقَرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ عَنْ عَوْنِ بْنِ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِينَا سَاعِيًا فَأَخَذَ الصَّدَقَةَ مِنْ أَغْنِيَائِنَا فَوَضَعَهَا فِي فُقَرَائِنَا وَأَمَرَ لِي بِقَلُوصٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ يُعْرَفُ بِأَشْعَثَ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ وَلَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ