Bayan Al-Hadith › Sahih Muslim › The Book of Suckling
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وَحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ كَالضِّلَعِ إِذَا ذَهَبْتَ تُقِيمُهَا كَسَرْتَهَا وَإِنْ تَرَكْتَهَا اسْتَمْتَعْتَ بِهَا وَفِيهَا عِوَجٌ " .
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Woman is like a rib. When you attempt to straighten it, you would break it. And if you leave her alone you would benefit by her, and crookedness will remain in her.
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
حرملة بن يحيى ← عبد الله بن وهب ← يونس بن يزيد ← محمد بن مسلم بن عبيد ← سعيد بن المسيب بن حزن ← عبد الرحمن بن صخر
Harmala ibn Yahya → Abdullah ibn Wahb → Yunus ibn Yazid → Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Ubayd → Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab ibn Hazn → Abu Huraira