Hadith 19261

Chapter 321

باب 321

(321) بَابُ قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ: فُلانٌ جَعْدٌ، أَسْوَدُ، أَوْ طَوِيلٌ، قَصِيرٌ

(321) Chapter: Someone's words, "So-and-so with the curly black hair" or someone "tall" or "short" when he intends to describe him and does not mean to slander him
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: اسْتَأْذَنَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَوْدَةُ لَيْلَةَ جَمْعٍ، وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً ثَقِيلَةً ثَبِطَةً، فَأَذِنَ لَهَا.


'A'isha said, "Sawda, who was a heavy, sluggish woman, asked forpermission to come in (to see the Prophet) on the night of Jam' (Muzdalifa)and he gave her permission."

Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 756

In-book reference: Book 33, Hadith 3

English translation: Book 33, Hadith 756