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مسند الشهاب
Musnad Shihab
Hadiths 1201 to 1400
مَثَلُ الْمَرْأَةِ كَالضِّلَعِThe example of a woman is like a rib
Hadith 1376
اُردوEn
1376 - وأنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ، نا الْقَاضِي أَبُو طَاهِرٍ، نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسٍ، حَدَّثَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، نا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الْمَرْأَةُ كَالضِّلَعِ إِنْ تُقِمْهُ تَكْسِرْهُ، وَإِنْ تَسْتَمْتِعْ بِهِ تَسْتَمْتِعْ بِهِ وَفِيهِ عِوَجٌ»
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: "A woman is like a crooked rib; if you try to straighten her, you will break her, and if you benefit from her, you will benefit from her while she is crooked."
Brief Explanation
Explanation:
In these ahadith, the woman is mentioned by way of an analogy, and the crookedness in her character is likened to the crookedness of a rib. If you try to straighten the rib, you will not succeed—you will break it; and if you leave it as it is, it will always remain crooked and will never become straight. The same is the case with a woman: the crookedness in her temperament and nature is something a man can never fully tolerate, but he also cannot manage without her. Therefore, one should act with patience and wisdom; without this, things cannot proceed, the home will become a battlefield, and the result will manifest in the form of divorce, which will not only be a cause of ruin for the woman but will also be harmful and distressing for the man.
In these ahadith, the woman is mentioned by way of an analogy, and the crookedness in her character is likened to the crookedness of a rib. If you try to straighten the rib, you will not succeed—you will break it; and if you leave it as it is, it will always remain crooked and will never become straight. The same is the case with a woman: the crookedness in her temperament and nature is something a man can never fully tolerate, but he also cannot manage without her. Therefore, one should act with patience and wisdom; without this, things cannot proceed, the home will become a battlefield, and the result will manifest in the form of divorce, which will not only be a cause of ruin for the woman but will also be harmful and distressing for the man.
