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ahmad:10448ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Dhimārī > Sufyān > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Indeed, women were created from a crooked rib. If you try to straighten it, it will break, and if you leave it, it will remain crooked.'"  

أحمد:١٠٤٤٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الذِّمَارِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ النِّسَاءَ خُلِقْنَ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ لَا يَسْتَقِمْنَ عَلَى خَلِيقَةٍ إِنْ تُقِمْهَا تَكْسِرْهَا وَإِنْ تَتْرُكْهَاتَسْتَمْتِعْ بِهَا وَفِيهَا عِوَجٌ  


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ahmad:9524Yaḥyá > Ibn ʿAjlān > Abū > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A woman is like a rib. If you try to straighten it, you will break it, and if you leave it alone, it will remain crooked."  

أحمد:٩٥٢٤حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَرْأَةُ كَالضِّلَعِ فَإِنْ تَحْرِصْ عَلَى إِقَامَتِهِ تَكْسِرْهُ وَإِنْ تَتْرُكْهُ تَسْتَمْتِعْ بِهِ وَفِيهِ عِوَجٌ  

ahmad:9795Yazīd > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "A woman cannot be straightened according to one nature, for she is like a rib. If you try to straighten her, you will break her. And if you leave her, she will remain crooked."  

أحمد:٩٧٩٥حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَسْتَقِيمُ لَكَ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى خَلِيقَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ إِنَّمَا هِيَ كَالضِّلَعِ إِنْ تُقِمْهَا تَكْسِرْهَا وَإِنْ تَتْرُكْهَا تَسْتَمْتِعْ بِهَا وَفِيهَا عِوَجٌ  

ahmad:10856ʿAlī b. Ḥafṣ > And Rqāʾ > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "A woman will never be straight and upright in character, she is like a rib. If you try to straighten her, you will break her. And if you leave her alone, she will continue to be crooked."  

أحمد:١٠٨٥٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَسْتَقِيمُ لَكَ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى خَلِيقَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَإِنَّمَا هِيَ كَالضِّلَعِ إِنْ تُقِمْهَا تَكْسِرْهَا وَإِنْ تَتْرُكْهَا تَسْتَمْتِعْ بِهَا وَفِيهَا عِوَجٌ  

darimi:2268Khālid b. Makhlad > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, a woman is like a rib: if you straighten her, she will break; and if you enjoy her, you enjoy her with her flaw."  

الدارمي:٢٢٦٨أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا الْمَرْأَةُ كَالضِّلَعِ إِنْ تُقِمْهَا تَكْسِرْهَا وَإِنْ تَسْتَمْتِعْ بها تَسْتَمْتِعْ وَفِيهَا عِوَجٌ»