Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Case of Allowing One’s Hairs to Grow When One Decides to Perform al-Hajj and al-Umrah َّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ لا تَأْخُذْ ٠ِنْ شَعْرِكَ وَأَنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ فِي ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ وَلا فِي الشَّهْرِ الَّذِي تُرِيدُ فِيهِ الْخُرُوجَ إِلَى الْعُ٠3.

Ahmad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Sinan from abu Khalid from abu Hamzah who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), ‘You must not shave, if you want to go for al-Hajj, in Dhu al-Qa’dah or in the month during which you want to perform al-‘Umrah.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/234))