Sahih Muslim Hadith 2881 – It Is Permissible

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[2881] 83 – ( … ) It was narrated from Ka'b bin 'Ujrah [may Allah be pleased with them] that the Prophet ç passed by him when he was in A1-Uudaybiyah, before he entered Makkah, and he was in Ihrâm, and he was lighting a fire beneath a cooking pot, with lice crawling on his face. He said: "Are these vermin bothering you?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Shave your head and give a Faraq (three Sâ) of food to be shared between six poor persons, or fast for three days, or offer a sacrifice." Ibn AbI NajIh said: "Or slaughter a sheep."