Chain of narration · Isnād
Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.
Narrated by Abd al-Jabbar bin al-'Ala'fromSufyan bin 'UyaynahfromAyoub bin Musa bin 'Amr bin Sa'idfromNafie'fromSafiyya bint Shayba bin 'UthmanfromUmm Salamah
Hadith text · Matn
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمَّا ذَكَرَ فِي الإِزَارِ مَا ذَكَرَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ فَكَيْفَ بِالنِّسَاءِ قَالَ " يُرْخِينَ شِبْرًا " . قَالَتْ إِذًا تَبْدُوَ أَقْدَامُهُنَّ . قَالَ " فَذِرَاعًا لاَ يَزِدْنَ عَلَيْهِ " .
English translation
It was narrated from Umm Salamah that:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) [ﷺ] said what he said about the Izar, Umm Salamah said: "What about women?" He said: "Let it down a hand span." She said: "But then their feet will show." He said: "Then (let it down) a forearm's length, but no more than that."
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 48, Hadith 299
- English Reference
- Vol. 6, Book 48, Hadith 5340