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Allah 's Apostle said, "Treat women nicely, for a women is created from a rib, and the most curved portion of the rib is its upper portion, so, if you should try to straighten it, it will break, but if you leave it as it is, it will remain crooked. So treat women nicely." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3331)   

السيوطي:٣١٣٧a

"استوصوا بالنساءِ خيرًا، فإِن المرأةَ خُلِقتْ من ضِلَعٍ أعوج، وإِن أعْوجَ شيءٍ في الضلع أعلاه، فإِنْ ذهبْتَ تقيمُه كسْرتَه، وإن تركته لمْ يزلْ أعوج، فاستوصوا بالنساء خيرًا".  

[خ] البخاري [م] مسلم عن أبي هريرة

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bukhari:3331Abū Kurayb And Mūsá b. Ḥizām > Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Maysarah al-Ashjaʿī > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

Allah 's Apostle said, "Treat women nicely, for a women is created from a rib, and the most curved portion of the rib is its upper portion, so, if you should try to straighten it, it will break, but if you leave it as it is, it will remain crooked. So treat women nicely."  

البخاري:٣٣٣١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَمُوسَى بْنُ حِزَامٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ مَيْسَرَةَ الأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ وَإِنَّ أَعْوَجَ شَىْءٍ فِي الضِّلَعِ أَعْلاَهُ فَإِنْ ذَهَبْتَ تُقِيمُهُ كَسَرْتَهُ وَإِنْ تَرَكْتَهُ لَمْ يَزَلْ أَعْوَجَ فَاسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ  

bukhari:5185Isḥāq b. Naṣr

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not hurt (trouble) his neighbor. And I advise you to take care of the women, for they are created from a rib and the most crooked portion of the rib is its upper part; if you try to straighten it, it will break, and if you leave it, it will remain crooked, so I urge you to take care of the women."  

البخاري:٥١٨٥حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ الْجُعْفِيُّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلاَ يُؤْذِي جَارَهُ وَاسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ خَيْرًا فَإِنَّهُنَّ خُلِقْنَ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ وَإِنَّ أَعْوَجَ شَيْءٍ فِي الضِّلَعِ أَعْلَاهُ فَإِنْ ذَهَبْتَ تُقِيمُهُ كَسَرْتَهُ وَإِنْ تَرَكْتَهُ لَمْ يَزَلْ أَعْوَجَ فَاسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ خَيْرًا  

muslim:1468aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Maysarah > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

He who believes in Allah and the Hereafter, if he witnesses any matter he should talk in good terms about it or keep quiet. Act kindly towards woman, for woman is created from a rib, and the most crooked part of the rib is its top. If you attempt to straighten it, you will break it, and if you leave it, its crookedness will remain there. So act kindly towards women.  

مسلم:١٤٦٨aوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَإِذَا شَهِدَ أَمْرًا فَلْيَتَكَلَّمْ بِخَيْرٍ أَوْ لِيَسْكُتْ وَاسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ وَإِنَّ أَعْوَجَ شَىْءٍ فِي الضِّلَعِ أَعْلاَهُ إِنْ ذَهَبْتَ تُقِيمُهُ كَسَرْتَهُ وَإِنْ تَرَكْتَهُ لَمْ يَزَلْ أَعْوَجَ اسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ خَيْرًا  

nasai-kubra:9095al-Qāsim b. Zakariyyā b. Dīnār al-Kūfī > Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī > Zāʾidah > Maysarah al-Ashjaʿī > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

Allah 's Apostle said, "Treat women nicely, for a women is created from a rib, and the most curved portion of the rib is its upper portion, so, if you should try to straighten it, it will break, but if you leave it as it is, it will remain crooked. So treat women nicely." (Using translation from Bukhārī 3331)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٠٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ دِينَارٍ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ عَنْ مَيْسَرَةَ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ وَإِنَّ أَعْوَجَ شَيْءٍ فِي الضِّلَعِ أَعْلَاهُ إِنْ ذَهَبْتَ تُقِيمُهُ كَسَرْتَهُ وَإِنْ تَرَكْتَهُ لَمْ يَزَلْ أَعْوَجَ فَاسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ»  

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السيوطي:٢٢٨٨١a

"مَنْ كان يُؤمِنُ بِاللهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فإِذا شهِدَ أَمْرًا فلْيَتكلَّمْ بِخيرٍ، أَوْ لِيَسْكُتْ وَاسْتوْصُوا بِالنِّساءِ فإِنَّ الْمَرْأَة خُلِقتْ مِنْ ضِلعٍ، وَإِنَّ أَعْوجَ شيْءٍ في الضِّلْعِ أَعْلاهُ، إِنْ ذهَبْت تُقِيمُهُ كسَرْتهُ، وإنْ ترَكْتهُ لمْ يَزل أَعْوَجَ، فاسْتوْصُوا بالنِّسَاءِ".  

[م] مسلم عن أَبي هريرة