Sunan Abi Dawud · Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)
باب فِي قَدْرِ الذَّيْلِ
Chapter: Regarding The Length Of The Hem For Women.
3 hadith · references 4117–4119
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Abu Dawud · 4117فَالْمَرْأَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : تُرْخِي شِبْرًا ، قَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ : إِذًا يَنْكَشِفُ عَنْهَا ، قَالَ : فَذِرَاعًا لَا تَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِSafiyyah, daughter of Abu Ubayd, said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned lower garment, Umm Salamah, wife of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, asked him: And a woman, Messenger of Allah? He replied: She may hang down a spa6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4118حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِهَذَThe tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Umm Salamah from the Prophet ﷺ through a different chain of narrators. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Ishaq and Ayyub bin Musa transmitted it from Nafi from Safiyyah.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4119رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأُمَّهَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الذَّيْلِ شِبْرًا ثُمَّ اسْتَزَدْنَهُ فَزَادَهُنَّ شِبْرًا فَكُنَّ يُرْسِلْنَ إِلَيْنَا فَنَذْرَعُ لَهُنَّ ذِرَاعًاNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave licence to others of the believers (i. e. the wives of the Prophet) to hang down their lower garment a span. Then they asked him to increase it, and he increased 6 narrators