The Book on Divorce and Li'an
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1188
إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ كَالضِّلَعِ إِنْ ذَهَبْتَ تُقِيمُهَا كَسَرْتَهَا وَإِنْ تَرَكْتَهَا اسْتَمْتَعْتَ بِهَا عَلَى عِوَجٍ
inna al-marʾaha ka-aḍ-ḍilaʿi in dhahabta tuqīmuhā kasartahā wa-in taraktahā āstamtaʿta bihā ʿalā ʿiwajin
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Hurairah narrated that:The Messenger of Allah said: "Indeed the woman is like a rib, if you try to straighten her you will break her, and if you leave her, what you enjoy from her will be with the crookedness
Source
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī · 1188
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Sahih
- Sahih
- Hasan Sahih
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