Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4166
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصُّورِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُطِيعُ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ عِصْمَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، - رضى الله عنها - قَالَتْ أَوْمَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ وَرَاءِ سِتْرٍ بِيَدِهَا كِتَابٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَبَضَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَدَهُ فَقَالَ " مَا أَدْرِي أَيَدُ رَجُلٍ أَمْ يَدُ امْرَأَةٍ " . قَالَتْ بَلِ امْرَأَةٌ . قَالَ " لَوْ كُنْتِ امْرَأَةً لَغَيَّرْتِ أَظْفَارَكِ " . يَعْنِي بِالْحِنَّاءِ .
Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Suri narrated to us: Khalid ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us: Muti ibn Maymun narrated to us, from Safiyyah bint Ismah, from Aisha, may God be pleased with her, who said: A woman gestured from behind a curtain with a letter for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ drew back his hand and said, “I cannot tell whether this is a man hand or a woman hand.” She said, “It is a woman.” He said, “If you were a woman, you would have changed your nails”—meaning with henna.