Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3583

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَبِيبٌ الْمُعَلِّمُ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَزِّمِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ فِي ذُيُولِ النِّسَاءِ ‏ "‏ شِبْرًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ إِذًا تَخْرُجَ سُوقُهُنَّ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَذِرَاعٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us; ʿAffān narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Wārith narrated to us; Ḥabīb al-Muʿallim narrated to us, from Abū al-Muhazzim, from Abū Hurayrah, from ʿĀʾishah, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said concerning women’s hems, “A handspan.” ʿĀʾishah said, “Then their lower legs would show.” He said, “Then a cubit.”