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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»  

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nasai:5338 – ʿAbd 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:٥٣٣٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا 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: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  

nasai-kubra:9657 – ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār > Sufyān > Ayyūb b. Mūsá b. ʿAmr b. Saʿīd b. al-ʿĀṣī > 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." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5338)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٦٥٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِي عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا ذَكَرَ فِي الْإِزَارِ مَا ذَكَرَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ فَكَيْفَ بِالنِّسَاءِ؟ قَالَ «يُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا» قَالَتْ إِذًا تَبْدُوَ أَقْدَامُهُنَّ؟ قَالَ «فَذِرَاعٌ لَا يَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ»