General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

كتاب الأدب

Chapter 181: Regarding circumcision

Narrated Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah

A woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to her: Do not cut severely as that is better for a woman and more desirable for a husband.

Abu Dawud said: It has been transmitted by 'Ubaid Allah b. 'Amr from 'Abd al-Malik to the same effect through a different chain.

Abu Dawud said: It is not a strong tradition. It has been transmitted in mursal form (missing the link of the Companions)

Abu Dawud said: Muhammad b. Hasan is obscure, and this tradition is weak.

Chapter 182: Women walking with men in the street

Narrated AbuUsayd al-Ansari

AbuUsayd heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say when he was coming out of the mosque, and men and women were mingled in the road: Draw back, for you must not walk in the middle of the road; keep to the sides of the road. Then women were keeping so close to the wall that their garments were rubbing against it.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar

The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited that one, i.e. man, should walk between two women.

Chapter 183: Verbally abusing time

Abu Hurairah reported the prophet (ﷺ) as saying

Ibn al-Sarh said: “on the authority of Ibn al-Musayyab instead of Sa’id’.