Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3580

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كَمْ تَجُرُّ الْمَرْأَةُ مِنْ ذَيْلِهَا قَالَ ‏ "‏ شِبْرًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ إِذًا يَنْكَشِفَ عَنْهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ ذِرَاعٌ لاَ تَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abū Bakr narrated to us; al-Muʿtamir ibn Sulaymān narrated to us, from ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, from Nāfiʿ, from Sulaymān ibn Yasār, from Umm Salamah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked, “How much should a woman let her hem trail?” He replied, “A handspan.” I said, “Then it would expose her.” He said, “A cubit; she must not add beyond that.”