TREAT WOMEN KINDLY H 274 "Treat women kindly. Woman was created from a rib and the most bent part of the rib is the uppermost. If you try to straighten it you will break it, but if you leave it alone it will remain bent. So treat women kindly. A woman is like a rib; if you try to straighten it you will break it. If you wish to benefit from her you can do so regardless of its bending. Woman has been created from a rib and you cannot straighten her. If you wish to benefit from her do so regardless of the bend. If you try to straighten her you will break her, and breaking her means divorce." R 274 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
273- وعن أَبي هريرة رضي الله عنه ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : "اسْتَوْصُوا بالنِّساءِ خَيْراً ؛ فَإِنَّ المَرْأَةَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلعٍ ، وَإنَّ أعْوَجَ مَا في الضِّلَعِ أعْلاهُ ، فَإنْ ذَهَبتَ تُقيمُهُ كَسَرْتَهُ ، وَإنْ تَرَكْتَهُ ، لَمْ يَزَلْ أعْوجَ ، فَاسْتَوصُوا بالنِّساءِ" مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيهِ . وفي رواية في الصحيحين : "المَرأةُ كالضِّلَعِ إنْ أقَمْتَهَا كَسَرْتَهَا ، وَإن اسْتَمتَعْتَ بِهَا ، اسْتَمتَعْتَ وفِيهَا عوَجٌ" . وفي رواية لمسلم : "إنَّ المَرأةَ خُلِقَت مِنْ ضِلَع ، لَنْ تَسْتَقِيمَ لَكَ عَلَى طَريقة ، فإن اسْتَمْتَعْتَ بِهَا اسْتَمْتَعْتَ بِهَا وَفيهَا عوَجٌ ، وإنْ ذَهَبْتَ تُقِيمُهَا كَسَرْتَها ، وَكَسْرُهَا طَلاَقُهَا" . قوله : "عَوَجٌ" هُوَ بفتح العينِ والواوِ .