Abū Kurayb and Mūsā ibn Ḥizām narrated to us; they said: Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī narrated to us; from Zā’idah; from Maysarah al-Ashjaʿī; from Abū Ḥāzim;
from Abū Hurayrah (may Allāh be content with him), who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “Treat women well, for a woman was created from a rib, and the most crooked part of the rib is its upper portion. If you try to straighten it, you will break it; and if you leave it, it will remain crooked. So, treat women well.”
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، وَمُوسَى بْنُ حِزَامٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ مَيْسَرَةَ الأَشْجَعِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم اسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ، فَإِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلَعٍ، وَإِنَّ أَعْوَجَ شَىْءٍ فِي الضِّلَعِ أَعْلاَهُ، فَإِنْ ذَهَبْتَ تُقِيمُهُ كَسَرْتَهُ، وَإِنْ تَرَكْتَهُ لَمْ يَزَلْ أَعْوَجَ، فَاسْتَوْصُوا بِالنِّسَاءِ .
Reference: Sahih Al Bukhari 3331