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muslim:259c – Sahl b. ʿUthmān > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > ʿUmar b. Muḥammad > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

The Messenger of Allah (may peace be opon him) said: Act against the polytheists, trim closely the moustache and grow beard.  

مسلم:٢٥٩c – حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَالِفُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ أَحْفُوا الشَّوَارِبَ وَأَوْفُوا اللِّحَى  

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tirmidhi:2763 – al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Khalāal > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Trim the mustache and leave the beard to grow."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٧٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَحْفُوا الشَّوَارِبَ وَأَعْفُوا اللِّحَى  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:4654 – Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Let the beard grow and trim the mustache.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5046)  

أحمد:٤٦٥٤ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ أَخْبَرَنَا نَافِعٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَحْفُوا الشَّوَارِبَ وَأَعْفُوا اللِّحَى