General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
كتاب الأدب
Chapter 181: Regarding circumcision
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
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.
The Prophet (ﷺ) prohibited that one, i.e. man, should walk between two women.
Chapter 183: Verbally abusing time
Ibn al-Sarh said: “on the authority of Ibn al-Musayyab instead of Sa’id’.