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abudawud:4875Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Sufyān > ʿAlī b. al-Aqmar > Abū Ḥudhayfah > ʿĀʾishah > lnnabī ﷺ Ḥasbuk from Ṣafiyyah Kadhā And Kadhā > Ghayr Musaddad Taʿnī Qaṣīrah > Laqad Qult Kalimah Law Muzijat Bimāʾ al-Baḥr Lamazajath > Waḥakayt Lah Insān > Mā Uḥib Annī Ḥakayt Insān

I said to the Prophet ﷺ: It is enough for you in Safiyyah that she is such and such (the other version than Musaddad's has:) meaning that she was short-statured. He replied; You have said a word which would change the sea if it were mixed in it. She said: I imitated a man before him (out of disgrace). He said: I do not like that I imitate anyone even if I should get such and such.  

أبو داود:٤٨٧٥حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الأَقْمَرِ عَنْ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَسْبُكَ مِنْ صَفِيَّةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ غَيْرُ مُسَدَّدٍ تَعْنِي قَصِيرَةً فَقَالَ لَقَدْ قُلْتِ كَلِمَةً لَوْ مُزِجَتْ بِمَاءِ الْبَحْرِ لَمَزَجَتْهُ قَالَتْ وَحَكَيْتُ لَهُ إِنْسَانًا فَقَالَ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنِّي حَكَيْتُ إِنْسَانًا وَأَنَّ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا  


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tirmidhi:2502Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd And ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > ʿAlī b. al-Aqmar

"I told the Prophet ﷺ about a man, so he said: 'I do not like to talk about a man, even if I were to get this or that (for doing so)." She said: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Safiyyah is a woman who is ..." and she used her hand as if to indicate that she is short - "So he said: 'You have said a statement which, if it were mixed in with the water of the sea, it would pollute it."  

الترمذي:٢٥٠٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الأَقْمَرِ عَنْ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

حَكَيْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلاً فَقَالَ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنِّي حَكَيْتُ رَجُلاً وَأَنَّ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ صَفِيَّةَ امْرَأَةٌ وَقَالَتْ بِيَدِهَا هَكَذَا كَأَنَّهَا تَعْنِي قَصِيرَةً فَقَالَ لَقَدْ مَزَجْتِ بِكَلِمَةٍ لَوْ مَزَجْتِ بِهَا مَاءَ الْبَحْرِ لَمُزِجَ