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tabarani:20313ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Usāmah And Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Sulaymān b. Yasār > Um Salamah

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, what about women?" He said, "They should cover a forearm’s length." I said, "So, their forearms will be exposed?" He said, "A handspan, they shouldn't exceed that."  

الطبراني:٢٠٣١٣حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ وَمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ بِالنِّسَاءِ؟ قَالَ «يُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا» قُلْتُ إِذًا يَنْكَشِفُ عَنْهُنَّ قَالَ «فَذِرَاعًا 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  

nasai:5338ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Sufyān > Ayyūb b. Mūsá > Nāfiʿ > Ṣafiyyah > 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."  

النسائي:٥٣٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا ذَكَرَ فِي الإِزَارِ مَا ذَكَرَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ فَكَيْفَ بِالنِّسَاءِ قَالَ يُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا قَالَتْ إِذًا تَبْدُوَ أَقْدَامُهُنَّ قَالَ فَذِرَاعًا لاَ يَزِدْنَ 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  

ahmad:24469ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Ḥabīb al-Muʿallim > Yazīd Abū al-Muhazzim > Abū Hurayrah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ about the lengths of women's garments, he said, "A hand-span." She asked, "Then, should their ankles be exposed?" He said, "A forearm's length."  

أحمد:٢٤٤٦٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ أَبِي الْمُهَزِّمِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي ذُيُولِ النِّسَاءِ قَالَ شِبْرٌ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ إِذَنْ تَخْرُجَ سُوقُهُنَّ قَالَ فَذِرَاعٌ