“The Prophet ﷺ saw me when I had long hair. He said: ‘Bad news, bad news!’ So I went away and cut it short. Then the Prophet ﷺ saw me and said: ‘I did not mean you, but this is better.’”
رَآنِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَلِي شَعَرٌ طَوِيلٌ فَقَالَ ذُبَابٌ ذُبَابٌ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَرَآنِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أَعْنِكَ وَهَذَا أَحْسَنُ
"I came to the Prophet [SAW] and I had long hair. He said: 'It is not good,' and I thought he meant me, so I went and cut my hair. He said: 'I did not mean you, but this is better.'"
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَلِي جُمَّةٌ قَالَ ذُبَابٌ وَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يَعْنِينِي فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ مِنْ شَعْرِي فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أَعْنِكَ وَهَذَا أَحْسَنُ
I came to the Prophet ﷺ and I had long hair. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw me, he said: Evil, evil! He said: I then returned and cut them off. I then came to him in the morning. He said (to me): I did not intend to do evil to you. This is much better.
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَلِي شَعْرٌ طَوِيلٌ فَلَمَّا رَآنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ ذُبَابٌ ذُبَابٌ قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ فَجَزَزْتُهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أَعْنِكَ وَهَذَا أَحْسَنُ
"I came to the Prophet [SAW] and I had long hair. He said: 'It is not good,' and I thought he meant me, so I went and cut my hair. He said: 'I did not mean you, but this is better.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5066)
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَلِي جُمَّةٌ قَالَ «ذُبَابٌ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّمَا يَعْنِينِي فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ مِنْ شِعْرِي» قَالَ «إِنِّي لَمْ أَعْنِكَ وَهَذَا أَحْسَنُ»