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tabarani:19976al-Ḥusayn > ʿUthmān > ʿAbdah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Um Salamah > Dhakarat Lilnnabī ﷺ Dhuyūl al-Nisāʾ > Turkhīn Shibr Qult Idhan Tankashif > Hun

[Machine] "She mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ the beauty of certain women, so he said, 'They will be raised up a handspan.' I said, 'Then their forearms will be exposed?' He said, 'A cubit that they do not exceed.'"  

الطبراني:١٩٩٧٦حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ ثنا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّهَا ذَكَرَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ ذُيُولَ النِّسَاءِ فَقَالَ «تُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا» قُلْتُ إِذَنْ تَنْكَشِفُ عَنْهُنَّ قَالَ «فَذِرَاعٌ لَا يَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ»  


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nasai:5337al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazyad from my father > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Nāfiʿ > Um Salamah

She mentioned women's hems to the Messenger of Allah [SAW], and the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Let it down a hand span." Umm Salamah said: "But that will uncover (her feet)." He said: "Let it down a forearm's length, but no more than that."  

النسائي:٥٣٣٧حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّهَا ذَكَرَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذُيُولَ النِّسَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ إِذًا يَنْكَشِفَ عَنْهَا قَالَ تُرْخِي ذِرَاعًا لاَ تَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:26511Ibn Numayr > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Um Salamah

[Machine] I said, "How about women, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "They reveal an arm's length." I said, "Then what remains uncovered from them?" He said, "A forearm that should not exceed."  

أحمد:٢٦٥١١حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ بِالنِّسَاءِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ تُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا قُلْتُ إِذَنْ يَنْكَشِفَ عَنْهُنَّ؟ قَالَ فَذِرَاعٌ لَا يَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ  

ahmad:26681Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Um Salamah

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what about women?" He said, "They should shorten their garment by a handspan." I said, "So their ankles would be exposed, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "A forearm's length, and they should not increase it."  

أحمد:٢٦٦٨١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ بِالنِّسَاءِ؟ قَالَ يُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا قُلْتُ إِذَنْ يَنْكَشِفَ عَنْهُنَّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَذِرَاعٌ لَا يَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ  

nasai-kubra:9654al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd b. Mazyad from my father > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Nāfiʿ > Um Salamah

She mentioned women's hems to the Messenger of Allah [SAW], and the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Let it down a hand span." Umm Salamah said: "But that will uncover (her feet)." He said: "Let it down a forearm's length, but no more than that." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5337)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٦٥٤حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ مَزْيَدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّهَا ذَكَرَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ذُيُولَ النِّسَاءِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «تُرْخِي شِبْرًا» قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ إِذًا يَنْكَشِفُ عَنْهَا؟ قَالَ «تُرْخِي ذِرَاعًا لَا تَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِ»