Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ فَإِذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ قَدْ جَاءَ فَكَلَّمَ امْرَأَتَهُ فِي شَيْءٍ فَكَأَنَّهَا رَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ وَعَادَ فَعَادَتْ فَقَالَ مَا تَزِدْنَ عَلَى مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَرْأَةُ كَالضِّلْعِ فَإِنْ ثَنَيْتَهَا انْكَسَرَتْ وَفِيهَا بَلْغَةٌ وَأَوَدٌ.
English Translation
Abd al-Razzaq told us: Ma'mar told us, from Sa'id al-Jurayri, from Abu al-Ala' ibn Abd Allah ibn al-Shikhkhir, from Nu'aym ibn Qa'nab, who said: I went out to al-Rabadhah, and there Abu Dharr had come and spoke to his wife about something; she seemed to answer him back, and he repeated it, and she repeated her answer. He said: "Do not go beyond what the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'The woman is like a rib: if you try to straighten her, she breaks; but there is benefit in her, and some crookedness.'"