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muslim:939d – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Ayyūb > Ḥafṣah > Um ʿAṭiyyah Binaḥwih Ghayr

" three times, five times, seven times, or more than that, if you deem fit:" Hafsa (further) said on the authority of Umm 'Atiyya: We braided (the hair) of her head in three plaits.

مسلم:٩٣٩d – وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ بِنَحْوِهِ غَيْرَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ ثَلاَثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكِ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ ذَلِكِ فَقَالَتْ حَفْصَةُ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ وَجَعَلْنَا رَأْسَهَا ثَلاَثَةَ قُرُونٍ

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nasai:1888 – Qutaybah > Ḥammād > Ayyūb > Ḥafṣah > Um ʿAṭiyyah > Ghayr

"Three times or five, or seven, or more than that, if you think that (is necessary)."

النسائي:١٨٨٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ نَحْوَهُ غَيْرَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ ثَلاَثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكِ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ ذَلِكِ

nasai-kubra:2027 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ḥammād > Ayyūb > Ḥafṣah > Um ʿAṭiyyah > Ghayr

"Three times or five, or seven, or more than that, if you think that (is necessary)." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1888)

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٠٢٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ نَحْوَهُ غَيْرَ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ «ثَلَاثًا أَوْ خَمْسًا أَوْ سَبْعًا أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِنْ رَأَيْتُنَّ»