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ahmad:21454ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī > Abū al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Shikhhīr > Nuʿaym b. Qaʿnab

[Machine] I went out to the outskirts, and suddenly Abu Dharr came and spoke to his wife about something. It seemed like she responded to him, and he left and came back, and she also came back. He said, "Why do you argue with what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said? A woman is like a rib; if you try to straighten her, she will break. And there is also a kind of crookedness in her."  

أحمد:٢١٤٥٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ قَالَ

خَرَجْتُ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ فَإِذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَدْ جَاءَ فَكَلَّمَ امْرَأَتَهُ فِي شَيْءٍ فَكَأَنَّهَا رَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ وَعَادَ فَعَادَتْ فَقَالَ مَا تَزِدْنَ عَلَى مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَرْأَةُ كَالضِّلْعِ فَإِنْ ثَنَيْتَهَا انْكَسَرَتْ وَفِيهَا بَلْغَةٌ وَأَوَدٌ