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أُمُّ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

tabarani:13018 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Muslim b. Sallām > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > Um ʿUthmān > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Women are not obligated to shave their heads; rather, it is only required for them to shorten (their hair)."  

الطبراني:١٣٠١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَيْسَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ حَلْقٌ إِنَّمَا عَلَى النِّسَاءِ التَّقْصِيرُ»  

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bayhaqi:9406 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Sarī b. Yaḥyá > Abū Nuʿaym > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > Ibn ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣafiyyah b. Shaybah > Um ʿUthmān > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Women do not have to shave their heads; their shortening of the hair is sufficient. Ibn 'Ata' is Jacob ibn 'Ata'."  

البيهقي:٩٤٠٦ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا السَّرِيُّ بْنُ يَحْيَى ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ شَيْبَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ حَلْقٌ إِنَّمَا عَلَى النِّسَاءِ التَّقْصِيرُ ابْنُ عَطَاءٍ هُوَ يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ