Muwatta Malik #929
Hajj
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 هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، كَانَ يَنْحَرُ بُدْنَهُ قِيَامًا . قَالَ مَالِكٌ لاَ يَجُوزُ لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَحْلِقَ رَأْسَهُ حَتَّى يَنْحَرَ هَدْيَهُ وَلاَ يَنْبَغِي لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَنْحَرَ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ وَإِنَّمَا الْعَمَلُ كُلُّهُ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ الذَّبْحُ وَلُبْسُ الثِّيَابِ وَإِلْقَاءُ التَّفَثِ وَالْحِلاَقُ لاَ يَكُونُ شَىْءٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ يُفْعَلُ قَبْلَ يَوْمِ النَّحْرِ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his
father used to kill his sacrificial animals while they were standing.
Malik said, "No-one is permitted to shave his head until he
has killed his sacrificial animal, and no-one must sacrifice before
dawn on the day of sacrifice. The things that should be done on the
day of sacrifice are slaughtering, donning clothes, grooming the body
generally (at-tafath) and shaving the head, and none of this may be
done before the day of sacrifice."
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This hadith is #929 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Hajj.