Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 803 – Volume 7, Book 72

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Volume 7, Book 72, Number 803:
Narrated Ubaidullah bin Hafs:
that 'Umar bin Nafi' told him that Nafi', Maula 'Abdullah had heard 'Umar saying, "I heard Allah's
Apostle forbidding Al-Qaza'." 'Ubaidullah added: I said, "What is Al-Qaza'?" 'Ubaidullah pointed (to –
wards his head) to show us and added, "Nafi' said, 'It is when a boy has his head shaved leaving a tuft
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of hair here and a tuft of hair there." Ubaidullah pointed towards his forehead and the sides of his
head. 'Ubaidullah was asked, "Does this apply to both girls and boys?" He said, "I don't know, but Nafi'
said, 'The boy.'" 'Ubaidullah added, "I asked Nafi' again, and he said, 'As for leaving hair on the
temples and the back part of the boy's head, there is no harm, but Al-Qaza' is to leave a tuft of hair
on his forehead unshaved while there is no hair on the rest of his head, and also to leave hair on
either side of his head.'"