Sunan ad-Darimi 2268

✧ Management of One's Household

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أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ

«إِنَّمَا الْمَرْأَةُ كَالضِّلَعِ إِنْ تُقِمْهَا تَكْسِرْهَا وَإِنْ تَسْتَمْتِعْ بها تَسْتَمْتِعْ وَفِيهَا عِوَجٌ»

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✧ A woman is like a rib: if you straighten it, you break it; if you seek to enjoy it, you enjoy it while there is crookedness in it.

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Ḥasan Salīm Asad al-Dārānī	Strong Chain	hadithunlocked

Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī
The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
عن
ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Hurmuz al-Aʿraj
trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a scholar (ʿālim)d. 110 AH, or 117 AH, 119 AH
الْأَعْرَجِثقة ثبت عالم
عن
Abū al-Zinād
trustworthy (thiqah), jurist (faqīh)d. 129 AH, or 130 AH, or 131 AH, also said: 132 AH
أَبِي الزِّنَادِثقة ، فقيه
عن
Mālik b. Anas
The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
مَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين
حدثنا
Khālid b. Makhlad
truthful (ṣadūq), inclined to Shīʿism, and he has singular reports (afrād).d. 213 AH, or 214 AH.
خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍصدوق يتشيع ، وله أفراد.
أخبرنا
al-Dārimī
trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), meticulous (mutqin)d. 254 AH, or 255 AH, also said: 250 AH
الدارميثقة ، فاضل ، متقن

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