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ibnmajah:3583 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ḥabīb al-Muʿallim > Abū al-Muhazzim > Abū Hurayrah > ʿĀʾishah

“A hand span.” ‘Aishah said: “This may show her calves.” He said: “Then a forearm’s length.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٥٨٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَزِّمِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ فِي ذُيُولِ النِّسَاءِ شِبْرًا فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ إِذًا تَخْرُجَ سُوقُهُنَّ قَالَ فَذِرَاعٌ  

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ahmad:24469 – ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Ḥabīb al-Muʿallim > Yazīd Abū al-Muhazzim > Abū Hurayrah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ about the lengths of women's garments, he said, "A hand-span." She asked, "Then, should their ankles be exposed?" He said, "A forearm's length."  

أحمد:٢٤٤٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ أَبِي الْمُهَزِّمِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ذُيُولِ النِّسَاءِ قَالَ شِبْرٌ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ إِذَنْ تَخْرُجَ سُوقُهُنَّ قَالَ فَذِرَاعٌ  

ahmad:24918 – ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ḥabīb al-Muʿallim > Abū al-Muhazzim > Abū Hurayrah > ʿĀʾishah

“A hand span.” ‘Aishah said: “This may show her calves.” He said: “Then a forearm’s length.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3583)   

أحمد:٢٤٩١٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَزِّمِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ فِي ذُيُولِ النِّسَاءِ شِبْرًا قَالَ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ إِذَنْ تَخْرُجَ سُوقُهُنَّ وَقَالَ عَفَّانُ مَرَّةً أَسْوُقُهُنَّ قَالَ فَذِرَاعٌ  

tabarani:20237 – al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah > Um Salamah

[Machine] I asked the Prophet ﷺ about the height of women and he said, "A cubit." So I said, do their feet then show? He said, "An arm's length."  

الطبراني:٢٠٢٣٧ – حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ ثنا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

سَأَلْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ ذُيُولِ النِّسَاءِ فَقَالَ «شِبْرٌ» فَقُلْتُ إِذًا تَخْرُجُ أَقْدَامُهُنَّ؟ قَالَ «فَذِرَاعٌ»  

nasai-kubra:9658 – ʿAmmār b. Khālid al-Wāsiṭī al-Tammār > Muḥammad b. Yazīd > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah > Um Salamah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The feet of women are a cubit." I said, "So, their feet will be exposed?" He replied, "No, it is a forearm's length, they do not exceed it."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٦٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ التَّمَّارُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «ذُيُولُ النِّسَاءِ شِبْرٌ» قُلْتُ إِذًا تَخْرُجُ أَقْدَامُهُنَّ؟ قَالَ «فَذِرَاعٌ لَا يَزِدْنَ»