Sunan Abi Dawud 4197

سنن أبي داود#4197Da'if

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: Al-Hajjaj ibn Hassan said: We entered upon Anas ibn Malik. My sister al-Mughirah said: You were a boy in those days and you had two locks of hair. He (Anas) rubbed your head and invoked blessing on you. He said: Shave them (i.e. the locks) or clip them, for this is the fashion of the Jews

Scholarly Authentication

We show the most cautious grade (weakest-wins) as the overall label. Individual scholars graded it as follows:

Al-AlbaniDaif Isnaad
Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul HamidDaif Isnaad
Zubair Ali ZaiDaif

In-book reference: 35:39