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bukhari:1721 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥawshab > Hushaym > Manṣūr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ was asked about a person who had his head shaved before slaughtering (his Hadi) (or other similar ceremonies of Hajj). He replied, "There is no harm, there is no harm."  

البخاري:١٧٢١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَمَّنْ حَلَقَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ وَنَحْوِهِ فَقَالَ لاَ حَرَجَ لاَ حَرَجَ  

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:3051 – ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿĪsá b. Ṭalḥah > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

“There is no harm in that.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٠٥١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَمَّنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحْلِقَ أَوْ حَلَقَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ قَالَ لاَ حَرَجَ  

ahmad:1857 – Hushaym > Manṣūr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked about someone who shaved their head before slaughtering. He then said, "There is no harm, there is no harm."  

أحمد:١٨٥٧ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَمَّنْ حَلَقَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ؟ وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ لَا حَرَجَ لَا حَرَجَ  

tabarani:473 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Asbāṭ > al-Shaybānī > Ziyād b. ʿIlāqah > Usāmah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about a man who shaved his head before sacrificing (an animal). He said, "There is no harm, so let him shave."  

الطبراني:٤٧٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَسْبَاطٌ عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ عِلَاقَةَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ حَلَقَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ قَالَ «لَا حَرَجَ فَلْيَحْلِقْ»  

tabarani:11350 – al-Haytham b. Khālid al-Miṣṣīṣī > Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá al-Ṭabbāʿ > Hushaym > Manṣūr b. Zādhān > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ was asked about someone who shaved before slaughtering, and he replied, "There is no harm."  

الطبراني:١١٣٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْمِصِّيصِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الطَّبَّاعُ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ زَاذَانَ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَمَّنْ حَلَقَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ فَقَالَ «لَا حَرَجَ»  

nasai-kubra:4089 – Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Hushaym > Manṣūr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

“There is no harm in that.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3051)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٠٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَمَّنْ حَلَقَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ أَوْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْمِيَ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ لَا حَرَجَ لَا حَرَجَ