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"إِنَّما المرأة كالضِّلَعِ، إِنَّ أَقَمْتَها كسرتها فذرْها تَعِشْ بهَا".  

الرويانى، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره عن سمرة

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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:5184ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Mālik > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The woman is like a rib; if you try to straighten her, she will break. So if you want to get benefit from her, do so while she still has some crookedness."  

البخاري:٥١٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْمَرْأَةُ كَالضِّلَعِ إِنْ أَقَمْتَهَا كَسَرْتَهَا وَإِنِ اسْتَمْتَعْتَ بِهَا اسْتَمْتَعْتَ بِهَا وَفِيهَا عِوَجٌ  

ahmad:26384ʿĀmir b. Ṣāliḥ > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A woman is like a rib. If you try to straighten her, you will break her, and if you enjoy her, you will do so while she is bent."  

أحمد:٢٦٣٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَامِرُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ الْمَرْأَةُ كَالضِّلَعِ إِنْ أَقَمْتَهَاكَسَرْتَهَا وَهِيَ يُسْتَمْتَعُ بِهَا عَلَى عِوَجٍ فِيهَا  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالْمُدَارَاةِ لِلرَّجُلِ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ إِذْ لَا حِيلَةَ لَهُ فِيهَا إِلَّا إِيَّاهَا

ibnhibban:4178Abū Yaʿlá > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Marwazī > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > ʿAwf > Abū Rajāʾ > Samurah b. Jundub

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, woman was created from a rib, and if you try to straighten her, you will break her. So, do not try to straighten her and live with her in harmony."  

ابن حبّان:٤١٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ فَإِنْ أَقَمْتَهَا كَسَرْتَهَا فَدَارِهَا تَعِشْ بِهَا»  

tabarani:6992Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > Muḥammad b. Kathīr al-ʿAbdī > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > ʿAwf > Abū Rajāʾ al-ʿUṭāridī > Samurah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A woman is like a rib, if you try to straighten it, you will break it; so, leave her as she is and live with her."  

الطبراني:٦٩٩٢حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيِّ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا الْمَرْأَةُ كَالضِّلَعِ إِنْ أَقَمْتَهَا كَسَرْتَهَا فَدَارِهَا تَعِشْ بِهَا»