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ahmad:26681Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Um Salamah

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what about women?" He said, "They should shorten their garment by a handspan." I said, "So their ankles would be exposed, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "A forearm's length, and they should not increase it."  

أحمد:٢٦٦٨١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ بِالنِّسَاءِ؟ قَالَ يُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا قُلْتُ إِذَنْ يَنْكَشِفَ عَنْهُنَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَذِرَاعٌ لَا يَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ  


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nasai:5338ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Sufyān > Ayyūb b. Mūsá > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah > Um Salamah

When the Prophet [SAW] said what he said about the Izar, Umm Salamah said: "What about women?" He said: "Let it down a hand span." She said: "But then their feet will show." He said: "Then (let it down) a forearm's length, but no more than that."  

النسائي:٥٣٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا ذَكَرَ فِي الإِزَارِ مَا ذَكَرَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ فَكَيْفَ بِالنِّسَاءِ قَالَ يُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا قَالَتْ إِذًا تَبْدُوَ أَقْدَامُهُنَّ قَالَ فَذِرَاعًا لاَ يَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:26511Ibn Numayr > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Um Salamah

[Machine] I said, "How about women, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "They reveal an arm's length." I said, "Then what remains uncovered from them?" He said, "A forearm that should not exceed."  

أحمد:٢٦٥١١حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ بِالنِّسَاءِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ تُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا قُلْتُ إِذَنْ يَنْكَشِفَ عَنْهُنَّ؟ قَالَ فَذِرَاعٌ لَا يَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:26532Yazīd > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah b. Abū ʿUbayd

[Machine] From Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , she said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The feet of women should not exceed the length of a forearm.' I asked, 'So, the lower part of their legs should be visible, O Messenger of Allah?' He replied, 'No, they should be covered up to the ankle.'"  

أحمد:٢٦٥٣٢حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ

عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذُيُولُ النِّسَاءِ شِبْرٌ قُلْتُ إِذَنْ تَبْدُوَ أَقْدَامُهُنَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ فَذِرَاعٌ لَا تَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:26636Yaʿlay > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq And Yazīd > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah Āb.ah Abū ʿUbaydʿan Um Salamah

[Machine] I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the footsteps of women. He said, "A cubit." So I said, "Then their feet will be showing, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "An arm's length, and do not exceed it."  

أحمد:٢٦٦٣٦حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ وَيَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ ابْنَةِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍعَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذُيُولِ النِّسَاءِ؟ فَقَالَ شِبْرًا فَقُلْتُ إِذَنْ تَخْرُجَ أَقْدَامُهُنَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَذِرَاعٌ لَا تَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ  

tabarani:20313ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah And Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Um Salamah

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what about women?" He said, "They should cover a forearm’s length." I said, "So, their forearms will be exposed?" He said, "A handspan, they shouldn't exceed that."  

الطبراني:٢٠٣١٣حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ وَمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ بِالنِّسَاءِ؟ قَالَ «يُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا» قُلْتُ إِذًا يَنْكَشِفُ عَنْهُنَّ قَالَ «فَذِرَاعًا لَا يَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ»  

tabarani:19976al-Ḥusayn > ʿUthmān > ʿAbdah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Um Salamah > Dhakarat Lilnnabī ﷺ Dhuyūl al-Nisāʾ > Turkhīn Shibr Qult Idhan Tankashif > Hun

[Machine] "She mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ the beauty of certain women, so he said, 'They will be raised up a handspan.' I said, 'Then their forearms will be exposed?' He said, 'A cubit that they do not exceed.'"  

الطبراني:١٩٩٧٦حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ ثنا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّهَا ذَكَرَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ ذُيُولَ النِّسَاءِ فَقَالَ «تُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا» قُلْتُ إِذَنْ تَنْكَشِفُ عَنْهُنَّ قَالَ «فَذِرَاعٌ لَا يَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ»