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hakim:7333 – Abū Sahl Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Ziyād al-Naḥwī > al-Ḥasan b. Mukram > Abū ʿĀṣim > ʿAwf > Abū Rajāʾ > Samurah b. Jundub

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "Indeed, woman was created from a rib, and indeed, if you try to straighten her, you will break her. So, be gentle with her as her curvedness allows her to live with you." He repeated this statement three times.

الحاكم:٧٣٣٣ – أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَهْلٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ النَّحْوِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ ثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَلَا إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ وَأَنَّكَ إِنْ تُرِدْ إِقَامَتَهَا تَكْسِرْهَا فَدَارِهَا تَعِشْ بِهَا» ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرط البخاري ومسلم

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ahmad:20093 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > ʿAwf > a man > Samurah Yakhṭub > Minbar al-Baṣrah /

[Machine] I heard Samurah delivering a sermon on the pulpit of Basra, saying, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Indeed, woman was created from a rib, and indeed, if you want to straighten it, you will break it, so leave it as it is and she will live with it.'"

أحمد:٢٠٠٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ سَمُرَةَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ الْبَصْرَةِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلْعٍ وَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تُرِدْ إِقَامَةَ الضِّلْعِ تَكْسِرْهَا فَدَارِهَا تَعِشْ بِهَا

darimi:2267 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Raqāshī > ʿAbd al-Wārith > al-Jurayrī > Abū al-ʿAlāʾ > Nuʿaym b. Qaʿnab > Abū Dhar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, woman was created from a rib, and indeed, if you try to straighten her, you will break her. So, treat her kindly, as there is goodness in her and she is your partner."

الدارمي:٢٢٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقَاشِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ فَإِنْ تُقِمْهَا كَسَرْتَهَا فَدَارِهَا فَإِنَّ فِيهَا أَوَدًا وَبُلْغَةً»

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالْمُدَارَاةِ لِلرَّجُلِ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ إِذْ لَا حِيلَةَ لَهُ فِيهَا إِلَّا إِيَّاهَا

ibnhibban:4178 – Abū Yaʿlá > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Marwazī > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > ʿAwf > Abū Rajāʾ > Samurah b. Jundub

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, woman was created from a rib, and if you try to straighten her, you will break her. So, do not try to straighten her and live with her in harmony."

ابن حبّان:٤١٧٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ فَإِنْ أَقَمْتَهَا كَسَرْتَهَا فَدَارِهَا تَعِشْ بِهَا»

tabarani:6992 – Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > Muḥammad b. Kathīr al-ʿAbdī > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > ʿAwf > Abū Rajāʾ al-ʿUṭāridī > Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A woman is like a rib, if you try to straighten it, you will break it; so, leave her as she is and live with her."

الطبراني:٦٩٩٢ – حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيِّ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا الْمَرْأَةُ كَالضِّلَعِ إِنْ أَقَمْتَهَا كَسَرْتَهَا فَدَارِهَا تَعِشْ بِهَا»

suyuti:5878a –
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السيوطي:٥٨٧٨a –

"إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ، وَإنَّكَ إِنْ تُرِدْ إِقَامَةَ الضِلَع تَكْسِرْهَا، فَدَارها تَعِشْ بها".

[حم] أحمد [حب] ابن حبّان [طس] الطبرانى في الأوسط [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن سمرة