حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْأَقْمَرِ عَنْ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَسْبُکَ مِنْ صَفِيَّةَ کَذَا وَکَذَا قَالَ غَيْرُ مُسَدَّدٍ تَعْنِي قَصِيرَةً فَقَالَ لَقَدْ قُلْتِ کَلِمَةً لَوْ مُزِجَتْ بِمَائِ الْبَحْرِ لَمَزَجَتْهُ قَالَتْ وَحَکَيْتُ لَهُ إِنْسَانًا فَقَالَ مَا أُحِبُّ أَنِّي حَکَيْتُ إِنْسَانًا وَأَنَّ لِي کَذَا وَکَذَا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4875
Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: I said to the Prophet ﷺ: It is enough for you in Safiyyah that she is such and such (the other version than Musaddad's has: ) meaning that she was short-statured. He replied; You have said a word which would change the sea if it were mixed in it. She said: I imitated a man before him (out of disgrace). He said: I do not like that I imitate anyone even if I should get such and such.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020