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4765. It was narrated from Abū 'Amr, he said: "Qatādah narrated to me, from Abū Sa'eed Al-Khudrī and Anas bin Mālik that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'There will be differences and dissent among my Ummah, there will be people who will speak well but act badly. They will recite the Qur'ān but it will not go beyond their collarbones, and they will pass out of the religion like an arrow passing through the target, and they will not return until the arrow returns to its nock. They are the worst of people and of creation.
Glad tidings to the one who kills them and they kill him. They will call people to the Book of Allāh, although they have nothing to do with it. Whoever fights them will be closer to Allāh than them.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, what is their sign?' He said: 'They will have shaven heads.'" (Da'if)
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Commentary
Shaving the head is not prohibited, rather, it is one of the rites of Umrah and Hajj, but this narrations foretells the sign of the people prior to their coming; that they would be recognized by this trait. Conversely, it is considered disliked by some of the scholars to constantly shave the head when there is no reason, merely because of the fact that it is a trait of the Khawārij.
