Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 4464

Arabic hadith text

وَعَن أُمِّ عطيَّةَ الأنصاريَّةِ: أنَّ امْرَأَة كَانَت تختن بِالْمَدِينَةِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تُنْهِكِي فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ أَحْظَى لِلْمَرْأَةِ وَأَحَبُّ إِلَى الْبَعْلِ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَقَالَ: هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ ضَعِيفٌ وَرَاوِيه مَجْهُول

Translation

Umm Atiyya al-Ansariyya reported: There was a woman in Medina who performed female circumcision. The Prophet ﷺ told her, “Do not cut severely, for that is more pleasing for the woman and more beloved to the husband.” Abu Dawud transmitted it and said, “This hadith is weak, and its narrator is unknown.”