The Book on Divorce and Li'an
كتاب الطلاق واللعان عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
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What has been related about the divorce pronounced by the Ma'tuh person
Hadith
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ENGLISH
Abu Hurairah narrated that:
The Messenger of Allah said: "Indeed the woman is like a rib, if you try to straighten her you will break her, and if you leave her, what you enjoy from her will be with the crookedness."
ARABIC
إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ كَالضِّلَعِ إِنْ ذَهَبْتَ تُقِيمُهَا كَسَرْتَهَا وَإِنْ تَرَكْتَهَا اسْتَمْتَعْتَ بِهَا عَلَى عِوَجٍ