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“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade Qaza’.” He (Nafi’) said: “What is Qaza’?” He said: “It means shaving part of a child’s head and leaving another part.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ نَافِعٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهُ ﷺ عَنِ الْقَزَعِ قَالَ وَمَا الْقَزَعُ قَالَ أَنْ يُحْلَقَ مِنْ رَأْسِ الصَّبِيِّ مَكَانٌ وَيُتْرَكَ مَكَانٌ  

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muslim:2120a – Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Yaḥyá / Ibn Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh > ʿUmar b. Nāfiʿ from his father > Ibn ʿUmar

What is Qaza'? He said: This means having a part of a boy's head shaved and leaving a part unshaven.  

مسلم:٢١٢٠a – حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنِ الْقَزَعِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِنَافِعٍ وَمَا الْقَزَعُ قَالَ يُحْلَقُ بَعْضُ رَأْسِ الصَّبِيِّ وَيُتْرَكُ بَعْضٌ  

ahmad:5175 – Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > ʿUmar b. Nāfiʿ > Abīhiʿan Ibn ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade qaza'. Qaza' means having part of a boy's head shaved and leaving part unshaven. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4193)   

أحمد:٥١٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ أَخْبَرَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْقَزَعِ قُلْتُ وَمَا الْقَزَعُ قَالَ أَنْ يُحْلَقَ رَأْسُ الصَّبِيِّ وَيُتْرَكَ بَعْضُهُ