This tradition has been handed down through another chain of transmitters.
Sahih Muslim Book 33, Hadith 261
← Previous Hadith If one of you comes (back from a journey) at night. he should not enter his house as a night visitor (but should wait) until a woman whose husband has been away from house has removed the hair from her private parts and a woman with dishevelled hair has combed her hair.

Sahih Muslim Book 33, Hadith 260 Next Hadith → The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that a man who had long absent should come to his family like (an unexpected) night visitor.

Sahih Muslim Book 33, Hadith 262