(5) باب صفة الحج ودخول مكة
Ibn Abbas (RAA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Women (pilgrims) do not have to shave (their heads); they may only shorten their hair." Related by Abu Dawud with a good chain of narrators. (AR)
Reference (AR): Bulugh al-Maram 769 (AR)
In-book reference (AR): Book 6, Hadith 61 (AR)
English translation (AR): Book 6, Hadith 788 (AR)