No. 3466

AbuHuraira (Allaah be pleased with him) reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Woman is like a rib. When you attempt to straighten it, you would break it. And if you leave her alone you would benefit by her, and crookedness will remain in her. A hadith like this is reported by another chain of narrators

No. 3467

Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) reported: Woman has been created from a rib and will in no way be straightened for you; so if you wish to benefit by her, benefit by her while crookedness remains in her. And if you attempt to straighten her, you will break her, and breaking her is divorcing her.

No. 3468

Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) reported Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: He who believes in Allaah and the Hereafter, if he witnesses any matter he should talk in good terms about it or keep quiet. Act kindly towards woman, for woman is created from a rib, and the most crooked part of the rib is its top. If you attempt to straighten it, you will break it, and if you leave it, its crookedness will remain there. So act kindly towards women.

No. 3469

Ab Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: A believing man should not hate a believing woman; if he dislikes one of her characteristics, he will be pleased with another.

No. 3470

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him).

No. 3471

Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Had it not been for Eve, woman would have never acted unfaithfully towards her husband.

No. 3472

Hammam b. Munabbih said: These are some of the ahadith which Abu Huraira (Allaah be pleased with him) narrated to us from Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), and one of these (this one): Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Had it not been for Bani Isra'il, food would not have become stale, and meal would not have gone bad; and had it not been for Eve, a woman would never have acted unfaithfully toward her husband.