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ibnmajah:1903 – Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd b. Kāsib > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

that the Messenger of Allah cursed women who imitate men and men who imitate women.  

ابن ماجة:١٩٠٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ كَاسِبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَعَنَ الْمَرْأَةَ تَتَشَبَّهُ بِالرِّجَالِ وَالرَّجُلَ يَتَشَبَّهُ بِالنِّسَاءِ  

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bukhari:5885 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās > Laʿan

Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed those men who are in the similitude (assume the manners) of women and those women who are in the similitude (assume the manners) of men.  

البخاري:٥٨٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمُتَشَبِّهِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ بِالنِّسَاءِ وَالْمُتَشَبِّهَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ بِالرِّجَالِ  

تَابَعَهُ عَمْرٌو أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ
abudawud:4097 – ʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh from my father > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ cursed women who imitate men and men who imitate women.  

أبو داود:٤٠٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَعَنَ الْمُتَشَبِّهَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ بِالرِّجَالِ وَالْمُتَشَبِّهِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ بِالنِّسَاءِ  

tirmidhi:2784 – Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah And Hammām > Qatādah > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the women who imitate men and the men who imitate women."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٧٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَهَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمُتَشَبِّهَاتِ بِالرِّجَالِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَالْمُتَشَبِّهِينَ بِالنِّسَاءِ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ibnmajah:1904 – Abū Bakr b. Khalāad al-Bāhilī > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

that the Prophet cursed men who imitate women and woman who imitate men.  

ابن ماجة:١٩٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَعَنَ الْمُتَشَبِّهِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ بِالنِّسَاءِ وَلَعَنَ الْمُتَشَبِّهَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ بِالرِّجَالِ  

tabarani:11823 – Yūsuf al-Qāḍī And ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar al-Ḍabbī > ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed those men who are in the similitude (assume the manners) of women and those women who are in the similitude (assume the manners) of men. (Using translation from Bukhārī 5885)  

الطبراني:١١٨٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ الْقَاضِي وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الضَّبِّيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «لَعَنَ الْمُتَشَبِّهِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ بِالنِّسَاءِ وَالْمُتَشَبِّهَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ بِالرِّجَالِ»