I went out to Rabadhah, and there was Abu Dharr, who had just arrived. He spoke to his wife about something, and it seems she answered him back. He repeated himself, and she answered back again.He said, "You only confirm what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said. A woman is like a rib. If you try to straighten her, she breaks. Yet in her there is enough to get by, despite her crookedness."
حدثنا عبد الرزاق حدثنا معمر عن سعيد الجريري عن أبي العلاء بن عبد الله بن الشخير
خرجت إلى الربذة فإذا أبو ذر قد جاء فكلم امرأته في شيء فكأنها ردت عليه وعاد فعادت فقال ما تزدن على ما قال رسول الله ﷺ المرأة كالضلع فإن ثنيتها انكسرت وفيها بلغة وأود
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Its isnad is sahih. It was previously mentioned at 21236 and 9492.