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السيوطي:١٤٢٨١a –

"ذُيُولُ النِّسَاءِ شِبْرٌ -قيل: إِذَنْ تَبْدُوا أَقْدَامُهُنَّ، قال: فَذِرَاعٌ لَا يَزدْنَ عليهِ".  

(مالك)، [حم] أحمد عن أُم سلمة ؓ

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Collected by Aḥmad, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
ahmad:26532 – Yazīd > 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:٢٦٥٣٢ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:26636 – Yaʿlay > 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:٢٦٦٣٦ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:20404 – Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ayyūb b. Mūsá > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah b. Abū ʿUbayd > 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." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5338)  

الطبراني:٢٠٤٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا ذَكَرَ فِي الْإِزَارِ مَا ذَكَرَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَكَيْفَ النِّسَاءُ؟ قَالَ «يُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا» قَالَتْ إِذَنْ تَبْدُو أَقْدَامُهُنَّ قَالَ «فَذِرَاعٌ لَا يَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ»  

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»