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Riyad as-Salihin 273 (Book) #38658
Kindness Towards Women

SUMMARY: This hadith is about treating women kindly and understanding that they are created differently than men.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Take my advice with regard to women: Act kindly towards women, for they were created from a rib, and the most crooked part of a rib is its uppermost. If you attempt to straighten it; you will break it, and if you leave it alone it will remain crooked; so act kindly toward women". Al-Bukhari and Muslim. In another narration of Al-Bukhari and Muslim, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A woman is like a rib, if you attempt to straighten it, you will break it; and if you benefit from her, you will do so while crookedness remains in her". In another narration of Muslim, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Woman has been created from a rib and will in no way be straightened for you; so if you want to benefit from her, you will benefit from her while crookedness remains in her. If you attempt to straighten her, you will break her, and breaking her is divorcing her".
و عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله ﷺ ‏:‏ ‏"‏استوصوا بالنساء خيرًا، فإن المرأة خلقت من ضلع، وإن أعوج ما في الضلع أعلاه، فإن ذهبت تقيمه كسرته، وإن تركته، لم يزل أعوج، فاستوصوا بالنساء‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏ وفي رواية في ‏(‏‏(‏الصحيحين‏)‏‏)‏ ‏:‏ ‏"‏المرأة كالضلع إن أقمتها كسرتها، وإن استمتعت بها، استمتعت وفيها عوج‏"‏‏.‏ وفي رواية لمسلم‏:‏ ‏"‏إن المرأة خلقت من ضلع ، لن تستقيم لك على طريقة، فإن استمعت بها وفيها عوج، وإن ذهبت تقيمها كسرتها ، وكسرها طلاقها‏"‏‏.
TOPICS
women  *  kindness  *  rib  *  straighten  *  nisa  *  qaswah  *  yatafarraqa

QUICK LESSONS:
Treating women kindly and respectfully; accepting differences between genders; benefiting from one another while respecting each other's nature; understanding the importance of kindness towards others regardless of gender or any other factor .

EXPLANATIONS:
In this hadith, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ teaches us to treat women kindly. He explains that women were created from a rib, which is crooked in nature. If we try to straighten it, it will break and if we leave it alone, it will remain crooked. The Prophet ﷺ is teaching us that just like the rib cannot be straightened, so too can a woman not be changed or forced into something she does not want to do. We should accept her as she is and treat her with kindness and respect. Furthermore, he teaches us that if we want to benefit from her then we should do so while understanding her nature of being crooked or different from men in certain ways.

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