Muwatta Malik #1863
Hair
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، أَنَّ عَطَاءَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَدَخَلَ رَجُلٌ ثَائِرَ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِيَدِهِ أَنِ اخْرُجْ كَأَنَّهُ يَعْنِي إِصْلاَحَ شَعَرِ رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ فَفَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" أَلَيْسَ هَذَا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ ثَائِرَ الرَّأْسِ كَأَنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ " .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Ata ibn
Yasar told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, was in the mosque when a man came in with dishevelled
hair and beard. The Messenger of Allah. may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, motioned with his hand that he should be sent out to groom
his hair and beard. The man did so and then returned. The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Isn't this
better than that one of you should come with his head dishevelled, as
if he were a shaytan?"
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This hadith is #1863 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Hair.