The Messenger of Allah ﷺ matted his hair with gum and brought along a sacrificial animal. When he arrived in Mecca, he ordered his wives to come out of ihram.They asked, "What is keeping you from coming out of ihram yourself?"He replied, "I have garlanded my sacrificial animal and matted my hair, so I will not come out of ihram until I complete my Hajj and shave my head."
حدثنا يونس حدثنا فليح عن نافع
أن رسول الله ﷺ لبد رأسه وأهدى فلما قدم مكة أمر نساءه أن يحللن قلن ما لك أنت لا تحل قال إني قلدت هديي ولبدت رأسي فلا أحل حتى أحل من حجتي وأحلق رأسي
Its isnad is sahih, and it is one of the mursal narrations of the companions, for in reality it comes from Ibn Umar's narration on the authority of his sister Hafsa, Mother of the Believers. Muslim narrated it, 1:353, through the route of Ibn Jurayj from Nafi from Ibn Umar, who said, "Hafsa told me that the Prophet ﷺ commanded his wives to end their ihram in the year of the Farewell Pilgrimage." Hafsa said, "I asked him, 'What prevents you from ending your ihram?'" He said, "I have matted my hair and garlanded my sacrificial animal, so I will not end my ihram until I sacrifice my animal."Bukhari narrated something similar, 8:81, through the route of Musa bin Uqba from Nafi from Ibn Umar from Hafsa. See also 5946.As for the wording "qulna" (they said), with the feminine plural ending, meaning the wives of the Messenger of Allah said it, this is what is established in the copy in the margin of K. In the rest of the manuscripts it reads "qulna" (we said), which contradicts the context, since the narration of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) indicates that the hadith comes from Ibn Umar's narration on the authority of his sister Hafsa. For this reason we have preferred the copy in the margin of K and adopted it.